Court Questions NJ Diocese’s Bid to Block Grand Jury on Clergy Sex Abuse May 1, 2025 By Mike Catalini Members of New Jersey’s Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop...
Clergy Abuse Victim Whose Parents Kicked Him Out Will Use Settlement to Help Others November 22, 2024 By Dave Collins Duane Gray says the priest at his Connecticut parish began sexually abusing him around 1974, when he was 12 years...
Vermont Diocese Files for Bankruptcy With No Insurance Left for Past Abuse Claims October 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it continues to face lawsuits...
Rockville Diocese Reaches Bankruptcy Agreement With $323M for Sex Abuse Claims September 27, 2024 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York reports that it has reached an agreement with survivors, insurers,...
Clergy Sexual Abuse Probe Targets New Orleans Catholic Church Leaders May 8, 2024 By Jim Mustian NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New...
Philadelphia Archdiocese Settles Child Sex Abuse Claim for $3.5 Million August 14, 2023 By BROOKE SCHULTZ The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will pay $3.5 million to settle a civil case alleging a now-deceased priest sexually assaulted a...
Syracuse Catholic Diocese Settles $100 Million in Sexual Abuse Claims August 1, 2023 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse on Thursday announced a $100 million settlement with people who say they were sexual...
Northern New York Diocese Facing 100 Sexual Abuse Claims Files for Bankruptcy July 19, 2023 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg in northern New York said Monday that it was filing for bankruptcy protection as...
Massachusetts Court Denies Charitable Immunity, Allows Abuse Case Against Diocese August 1, 2022 By Mark Pratt A lawsuit brought by a former altar boy who alleges he was sexually abused as a child in the 1960s...
Rochester Diocese, Insurers Plan for January Hearing on $147M Sexual Abuse Settlement June 30, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Insurers and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester have agreed on a schedule for discovery and a bankruptcy court trial...