Rochester Diocese Offers $147M to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims May 24, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Diocese of Rochester, New York, and its insurers have submitted a proposal to bankruptcy court to settle 471 sexual...
New Jersey Diocese Reaches $87.5M Settlement with Sex Abuse Claimants April 20, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Catholic Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, and the committee representing about 300 survivors of clergy sexual abuse have reached...
Church Victims Push Nebraska Lawmakers to Expand Lawsuit Window January 24, 2022 By Grant Schulte Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests urged Nebraska lawmakers on Friday to pass a law that...
Georgia Jury Awards $500K to Woman Who Sued Over Sexual Abuse by Pastor June 15, 2021 A Georgia jury has awarded $500,000 to a woman who sued her former pastor, alleging that he had sexually abused...
North Carolina Diocese Faces 2 Suits Over Alleged Priest Abuse April 17, 2020 By Tom Foreman Jr. Two lawsuits have been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte claiming two boys were sexually abused in separate instances...
Rhode Island AG Gains Access to Nearly 70 Years of Records from Diocese of Providence July 29, 2019 As part of an ongoing review of allegations of clergy child sexual abuse within the Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island...
West Virginia AG Files Amended Suit Against State Catholic Diocese Over Abuse May 29, 2019 By John Raby West Virginia’s Roman Catholic diocese failed to publicly disclose decade-old allegations of sexual abuse of a student involving a Catholic...
Minnesota Clergy Abuse Victims to Sue Vatican, Seek Abusers’ Names May 15, 2019 By Amy Forliti and Michael Rezendes Five men who say they were sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests when they were minors are planning to sue...
Hartford Archdiocese Has Paid $50M to Settle Abuse Claims January 25, 2019 The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford says it has paid $50.6 million to settle priest sexual abuse claims over the...
Former Connecticut Altar Boy Sues Church Over Alleged Sexual Abuse November 14, 2018 A former Connecticut altar boy who says he was sexually abused by a now deceased Roman Catholic priest has sued...