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…
The canonization of Pope John Paul II in 2014 was unprecedented for its rapidity and the context in which it occurred. At his funeral in April 2005, there were banners and shouts proclaiming Santo Subito! (Saint now). Even before his death, Wall St. Journal columnist…
North Dakota legislators heard emotional testimony from survivors about horrific sexual abuse while they were children. The testimony is related to several bills before the Legislature that would expand the present statute of limitations allowing survivors to seek justice in court. The bipartisan legislation, HB…
In California the Catholic Church has filed motions in the Northern and Southern Superior Courts to throw out a 2019 law that allowed accusers of clergy sexual abuse to sue even if they were molested decades ago. The motions filed ask judges to rule Assembly…
