Trenton Diocese Sues Four Insurers Over Coverage for Child Victim Claims February 13, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The Catholic Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey has sued its liability insurers over their alleged “failure and refusal” to agree...
Abuse Probe Into New Orleans Catholic Clergy Expands May 3, 2024 By Jim Mustian NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New...
Bankruptcy Judge Denies Survivors’ ‘Hopeless’ Bid to Sue Rockville Diocese Insurers October 5, 2023 The judge overseeing the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre bankruptcy has denied a request by the committee representing sexual abuse...
Judge’s Donations Cloud Rulings in New Orleans Archdiocese Case April 24, 2023 By Jim Mustian NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge donated tens of thousands of dollars to New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese and...
Catholic Diocese Challenges Maine Law Allowing Older Sex Abuse Claims January 10, 2023 By David Sharp PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of...
Chicago Archdiocese Settles Clergy Sexual Abuse Suit for $880K June 25, 2021 By Don Babwin Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting...
Louisiana to Give Child Sex Abuse Victims More Time to File Suits June 17, 2021 Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed legislation removing deadlines for Louisiana’s child sex abuse victims to pursue damages in civil...
2 New Sex Abuse Suits Filed Against Missouri Diocese August 3, 2020 Two new lawsuits allege that the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph in Missouri covered up abuse by two priests who...
CNA Seeks to Limit Liability in Minnesota Priest Abuse Case January 2, 2015 An insurance company has asked a court to limit or eliminate its responsibility to cover some clergy sex abuse claims...
Minnesota Archdiocese Sues Insurance Companies for Coverage November 26, 2014 The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota said it is suing some 20 insurance companies to try to...