New Round of Molestation Filings Accuses Five Oregon Priests
Molestation Fillings Accused Five Priests. A batch of new clergy-abuse lawsuits filed Monday accuse five Oregon priests of molesting nine children from the 1950s to the 1970s. Most of the abuse alleged in the suits occurred in Mount Angel at the abbey and a since-closed high school and in Elgin, a small Eastern Oregon … [Read more...]
Ex-Priest In Fremont Close To Deal
Ex-Priest In Fremont Accused Of Molestation. A former priest accused of molesting an altar boy in the late 1970s and early 1980s was in custody today. Jerome Leach, 52, was arrested on Wednesday at his apartment in this community just north of San Francisco. Investigators said Leach's accuser, now 35, told the archdiocese and … [Read more...]
Man: Former Key Largo Priest Molested Me 30 Years Ago
A Key Largo Priest Accused Of Molestation. A 44-year-old man testified Monday that a former Key Largo, Fla., priest molested him more than 30 years ago when they lived in a Detroit rectory. Albert Green, who now lives in Washington state, told a jury that the Rev. Edward Olszewski began molesting him after Green and his two … [Read more...]
Monsignor Is Charged In Sex Case
Monsignor Luque Is Charge With Molestation. Monsignor Peter Luque, a prominent Colton native who spent four decades ministering to Inland Catholics, was charged Tuesday with molesting two teenage boys in the 1960s. Luque, 69, a Colton resident, could not be reached for comment. The popular priest resigned last month as pastor of … [Read more...]
Penn State Child Sexual Abuse
Penn State University Covered Up Child Sexual Abuse. Penn State University has been rocked by accusations that football coaches and university officials failed to report and covered up acts of child sexual abuse, child sex abuse, and child molestation allegedly committed by Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant coach with the Nittany … [Read more...]
