The Diocese of Rochester has formally submitted its request to a bankruptcy judge for approval of its $35 million plan to resolve sexual abuse claims in bankruptcy court. In a statement issued Friday afternoon, the diocese said the proposed agreement was with Lloyd’s of London…
Pope Francis has announced sweeping changes to the church’s Code of Canon Law specifically concerning the sexual abuse of adults by priests and laity. In a major shift reflecting societal norms, the Pope made the sexual abuse of adults a crime rather than a sin. …
State lawmakers have passed a landmark piece of legislation that will provide an opportunity for sexual abuse survivors who were abused as minors to seek justice in civil courts. Senate Bill 73 pass the state Senate and the bill is now on its way to…
The Catholic Bishops in Northern California had challenged a new law providing for triple damages against any Diocese or organization that covered up childhood sex abuse. In 2019, the California legislature passed a law to provide for a 3-year window for survivors of childhood sex…
State lawmakers have passed a landmark piece of legislation that will provide an opportunity for sexual abuse survivors who were abused as minors to seek justice in civil courts. Senate Bill 73 pass the state Senate and the bill is now on its way to…
Michel Foucault, the well-known French philosopher who died in 1984 at the age of 57, has been accused of sexually abusing scores of minor boys while visiting Tunisia in the 1960s. French-American professor Guy Sorman accused French philosopher Michel Foucault of being a “pedophile rapist”…
The University of Southern California has agreed in state court to a record-making settlement for patients of the former university gynecologist George Tyndall. Combined with a 2018 federal class-action agreement and several other settlements the amount paid out by the Los Angeles university to federal and…
“We are talking about a predator pedophile who was protected by Bo Schembechler,” Mick Grewal said during a press conference in which Matt Schembechler and 2 former U of M football players discussed how they were sexually abused by team physician, Robert Anderson. Matt reported…
This is the question asked by a U of M football player who was sexually abused 45 times by physician Robert Anderson, who worked for U of M for 37 years. At a press conference yesterday, Jon Vaughn, a former Wolverine and Big Ten Player…
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law a bill that will give victims of childhood sexual abuse by clergy members and others much more power to seek justice. House Bill 492 was approved last week by the state legislature, and the governor signed it…
