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…
New revelations of disturbing sexual abuse at a seminary are coming to light after a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Diocese of Oakland settled last year. According to a local NBC affiliate, “The accusations come from a former seminarian, 28, who had previously alleged in…
After more fits and starts than most states, Pennsylvania is once again considering removing the legal obstacle preventing adults from seeking justice for abuse they suffered as children. Last week, Pennsylvania legislators stepped closer to paving the way for adults who were sexually abused as…
Rev. Michael Pfleger, an activist Chicago priest, now faces a second allegation of sexual abuse. This new allegation comes from the brother of the first survivor who came forward on January 5, 2021. Both allegations stem from alleged sexual abuse that occurred more than 40…
A federal racketeering lawsuit has been filed against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Diocese of Tucson relating to the decades-long sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. The Diocese of Tucson, which declared bankruptcy in 2004, is alleged to have been a “dumping…
