A Diocese Fights Through Decades Of Abuse Claims
The nation’s Catholic bishops enacted a “zero tolerance” policy A month has passed since the nation's Catholic bishops enacted a "zero tolerance" policy for sexual abuse of children by priests. The scandal that has wracked the church may be ebbing - but not in South Jersey. Here, a legal battle is churning into its eighth year. On … [Read more...] about A Diocese Fights Through Decades Of Abuse Claims
Report Lists Abuse Claims Against Suspended Priest
The allegations of misconduct against a Broward County Catholic high school principal paint a portrait of a man who got gratification from watching boys shower and touching them, according to a report released Friday by prosecutors. The Broward State Attorney's Office memo details other claims that surfaced against the suspended … [Read more...] about Report Lists Abuse Claims Against Suspended Priest
Spokane Police Will Pursue Priest Sex-Abuse Claims
Police will investigate the 28 reports of alleged sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests they have received from the Diocese of Spokane, a police spokesman said Tuesday. Cases of sexual abuse of children are second only to homicide in the attention they receive from the police department, spokesman Dick Cottam said. He noted … [Read more...] about Spokane Police Will Pursue Priest Sex-Abuse Claims
Report: LA Archdiocese To Negotiate More Than 100 Abuse Claims
Victims of LA Archdiocese Sexual Abuse Have More Time To Sue. A new law that took effect Wednesday gives alleged victims of priestly sexual abuse more time to sue, but Southern California dioceses have won a reprieve in more than 100 potential cases. Lawyers for alleged victims of priests in Los Angeles and Orange … [Read more...] about Report: LA Archdiocese To Negotiate More Than 100 Abuse Claims
Clergy May Have To Report Abuse Claims
Clergy Have To Report Abuse Claims. Lawmakers today will consider adding clergy to the professions required to report any suspected child abuse. Therapists and teachers already must report child abuse, and a bill sponsored by Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson (D-Seattle) would add clergy to the list. The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle … [Read more...] about Clergy May Have To Report Abuse Claims
Priest Quits Amid Abuse Allegations
resigned after a church investigation A Perry County, Ind., priest accused of sexual misconduct has resigned after a church investigation into allegations of sexual abuse. The Rev. John B. Schoettelkotte, pastor at Holy Cross Catholic Church in St. Croix, Ind., and St. Isidore the Farmer Catholic Church in Bristow, Ind., resigned … [Read more...] about Priest Quits Amid Abuse Allegations
Cases Against Boston Archdiocese To Go On
Sex abuse lawsuits against the Boston Archdiocese A judge's refusal to dismiss more than 400 sex abuse lawsuits against the Boston Archdiocese shows the church ``is not above and beyond the law,'' a lawyer said. In a 26-page opinion released Wednesday, Superior Judge Constance M. Sweeney ruled against the church's arguments that … [Read more...] about Cases Against Boston Archdiocese To Go On
Priest Gets 18 Year For Sex Assault
Sentenced to 18 years in prison for molesting A priest from Hamilton who was ordained in the Diocese of Trenton has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for molesting an 11-year-old altar boy in a Hunterdon County church nearly 10 years ago. The Rev. John M. Banko is the first Catholic priest to be convicted of sexual assault in … [Read more...] about Priest Gets 18 Year For Sex Assault
More Abuse Claims
Parish priests raped, sodomized and molested them Twenty-seven Catholics who grew up in Brooklyn and Queens claim in a lawsuit that parish priests raped, sodomized and molested them as children in the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s. Their allegations are contained in a $300-million lawsuit filed yesterday in State Supreme Court in … [Read more...] about More Abuse Claims
3 Bucks Men Sue Priest, Allege Abuse
Three Bucks County men filed separate lawsuits alleging they were sexually abused by a former assistant pastor at Immaculate Conception BVM Church in Bristol Township. Filed in Philadelphia Thursday, the lawsuits seek not only damages from the accused priest, the Rev. David Sicoli, but also from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, … [Read more...] about 3 Bucks Men Sue Priest, Allege Abuse
