Rockville Centre Diocese Abuse Settlement Offered to Victims
UNIONDALE, Long Island, N.Y. — The Rockville Centre Diocese continues to refuse to disclose a list of former priests who allegedly sexually assaulted children. Newsday reported that Rockville Centre Diocese has possession of the list of priests and there may be as many as 65 names on that list. A spokesperson for the diocese … [Read more...]
Sex-Abuse Cases Show Gaps In Church Response
Allowed some priests to molest hundreds of children It started in January when news coverage revealed that the Archdiocese of Boston allowed some priests to molest hundreds of children over the decades. Four months later, in the other corner of the nation, the ouster of a popular Seattle priest has revealed gaps in pioneering efforts … [Read more...]
Ex-Hub Priest, Caretaker Nabbed On Sex Charges
Police arrested an inactive Boston priest In separate incidents, police arrested an inactive Boston priest and a church caretaker on child sex charges yesterday, while the Archdiocese of Boston placed two additional clergymen on administrative leave due to molestation accusations. The Rev. Robert V. Gale was arrested by police at … [Read more...]
Feeney Returns For Appearance Today In Court
John Patrick Feeney In Court. John Patrick Feeney, the former Catholic priest arrested last month in Los Angeles on charges he molested a Freedom altar boy in 1978, was booked Monday night into the Outagamie County Jail. He will have his first court appearance today. Feeney, 75, was escorted from California to Appleton by two … [Read more...]
New Suits Filed Against Ex-Priest
Ex-Priest Sexual Abuse Scandal. Seventeen new civil lawsuits have been filed by people who claim they were sexually abused as children by a defrocked priest whose case triggered a clergy sexual abuse scandal. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, who last month reached a $10 million settlement agreement with the Archdiocese of Boston in … [Read more...]
Calif. Diocese Reports $14M Loss
Diocese of Orange to post a $14.3 million loss A slumping stock market coupled with a series of settlements in priest sex abuse cases has caused the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange to post a $14.3 million loss, church officials said. It's the second straight loss for the diocese, which reported a $14 million drop last … [Read more...]
Universal Abuse Settlement Sought
Clergy Sexual Abuse Settlement. Bishop Richard G. Lennon, the interim head of the Boston archdiocese, announced today that he asked church lawyers to request a halt to day-to-day litigation with the exception of court-ordered activities so that they can pursue the possibility of settling all clergy sexual abuse cases at once. In … [Read more...]
Dioceses Expect Flood of Lawsuits
Dioceses Face Lawsuits Over Sexual Abuse. A wave of lawsuits will start hitting Roman Catholic dioceses in the Bay Area this week, as a new state law temporarily lifts the statute of limitations on claims for decades-old cases of sexual abuse. Attorneys for two men who say they were molested by the late Rev. Joseph Pritchard, … [Read more...]
Lawsuits Filed Against Davenport Diocese
Davenport Diocese Pay To Settle Sex Abuse cases. Three of the four dioceses in Iowa say they have paid out more than $2 million to settle sex abuse cases. Des Moines, Sioux City, and Dubuque say over the past 50 years, they have received complaints against 47 priests. Those numbers, however, don't include the Diocese of Davenport. … [Read more...]
