Catholic Archdiocese Settles Sex-Abuse Suit
A priest sexually abused The lawyer for 22 men who sued the Archdiocese of Portland claiming a priest sexually abused them as boys said yesterday the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to a settlement. David Slader said details of the settlement will be announced Tuesday before Multnomah County Circuit Judge James Ellis. Bud … [Read more...]
Former Altar Boys Get $119 Million In Sex-Abuse Case
Catholic Priest Sex-Abuse Case. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas has been ordered to pay $119 million in damages to a group of former altar boys who say they were sexually abused over a 15-year period by a priest. It is believed to be the largest penalty ever imposed on the Catholic church in a sex abuse case. "It dwarfs … [Read more...]
EDITORIAL: Priest Pedophilia Crisis Grows
THE U.S. CATHOLIC bishops are presiding over a scandal. Three years ago, we took notice of a relatively new phenomenon in society: growing numbers of aggrieved and frustrated parents who were going to court with charges their children had been sexually abused by Catholic priests. We investigated and six months later published several … [Read more...]
Judge: Boston’s Cardinal Law Must Answer Attorney’s Questions About Priest Accused of Abuse
His handling of a priest accused of molestation. Boston's highest-ranking Roman Catholic leader has been ordered by a judge to submit to questions about his handling of a priest accused of molestation. Judge Leila Kern said Wednesday that Cardinal Bernard Law can be questioned by lawyers for a man who claims Law and the … [Read more...]
Priest Says Bishop Was Told Of Abuse
A Priest Sexually Had Abuse A Student. In the summer of 1979, when a priest at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Louisville admitted to the school's associate principal that he had sexually abused a student, Bishop James Malone of the Youngstown Diocese acted swiftly. The Rev. Robert M. Burns was removed from the … [Read more...]
Bishop To Seek Out 5 Who Claim Abuse Diocese Leader Offers Apology To Men Who Say Priest Fondled Them
Bishop To Seek Who Claim Abuse. The spiritual leader of 400,000 Roman Catholics would like to apologize to five men who say they were sexually abused as boys by their San Jose parish priest during the 1970s. ``I'm going to try and get in contact with them and invite them to come in,'' Bishop Patrick J. McGrath said Thursday. ``I … [Read more...]
Diocese To Give Names of Priest Suspects
Turn over to district attorneys the names of priests The Allentown Catholic Diocese will turn over to district attorneys the names of priests suspected of sexually abusing children and details of the cases, a spokesman said Friday. District attorneys from the five counties that make up the diocese could get the information as … [Read more...]
26 More Added to Archdiocese Lawsuit
Twenty-six men have joined a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Boston that claims they were sexually abused as children by a priest who was allegedly moved to another parish after the accusations surfaced. Forty men now say they were abused by the Rev. Joseph Birmingham, a priest known for his flashy black convertible. He died in … [Read more...]
Priest Faces New Claim
Adding his name to the list The owner of Scruffy Duffy's, a popular watering hole on the West Side of Manhattan, is adding his name to the list of those alleging they were sexually abused as children by the Rev. James Smith. Patrick Hughes, 38, said he believed it was important for him - a successful businessman - to come forward … [Read more...]
Sex Abuse by Crosier Brother Is Revealed
A Roman Catholic brother who admitted in the 1980s to sexually abusing a teen-age boy in central Minnesota has been living under restrictions in the Crosier Priory next door to the campus of St. Odilia parish and elementary school in Shoreview. Brother Gregory Madigan has been working at the Crosier Fathers and Brothers priory — … [Read more...]
Priest’s List Of Accusers Up To 18
Several more men have come forward A month after the Rev. Robert Schaeufele's arrest on molestation charges, several more men have come forward to claim they were sexually abused by Schaeufele during his nearly three decades with the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg. At least 18 men now say Schaeufele abused them when they were … [Read more...]
Former Altar Boy Sues 2 Arizona Dioceses
A former altar boy at St. Gregory's Catholic Church in central Phoenix has sued the dioceses of Phoenix and Tucson, alleging an associate pastor there sexually abused him in the mid-1960s. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Pima County Superior Court by Thomas Groom of Phoenix and his parents, Michael and Emma, contends the late Rev. … [Read more...]
Four Men Sue Priests Who They Say Sexually Abused Them As Teens
Priests Sex Abuse Scandal. Four men have filed a lawsuit against two priests who they say sexually abused them decades ago as teenagers at a seminary. The lawsuit, filed last month in state Supreme Court in Westchester County, charges that the abuse occurred between 1968-73 at the former Salesian Junior Seminary in … [Read more...]
Clarifying Abuse Policy
A church judicial system Any Catholic priest in the United States who ever sexually abused a minor can expect to be removed from public ministry under a church judicial system approved Wednesday by the nation's bishops. The policy amends an earlier set of rules adopted by the bishops in June. Vatican officials had rejected those … [Read more...]
Savannah Priest Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse In Maryland
A Catholic priest from Savannah addressed one of his victims in a Maryland court Tuesday after pleading guilty to sexually abusing him and his brother in the 1970s. The Rev. Wayland Yoder Brown, 59, pleaded guilty to child abuse and battery charges for performing sexual acts on the teen-age boy and his younger brother between 1974 … [Read more...]
State: Priest Advised Cover-Up of Sex Abuse
A teen who allegedly was sexually abused by a priest Two decades ago, Phoenix Bishop Thomas O'Brien advised the family of a teen who allegedly was sexually abused by a priest in 1979 and 1980 not to contact authorities, Maricopa County's top prosecutor said yesterday. O'Brien, who was a priest but not a bishop at the time, told … [Read more...]
Toledo Priest Removed Over Sexual Abuse Allegations
Toledo Priest Removed Over Allegations. A Roman Catholic priest has been removed from ministry over allegations that he sexually abused more than one boy in Allen County in the 1970s, the Catholic Diocese of Toledo said. Bishop James Hoffman banned the Rev. Neil C. Lucas from ministry after meeting with him on … [Read more...]
197th Person Sues Louisville Archdiocese
Another plaintiff has filed a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, alleging that he was sexually abused by the Rev. Louis E. Miller at Holy Spirit Church more than 40 years ago. Primus L. Klapheke is the 197th person to sue the archdiocese this year. More than 70 of the plaintiffs accuse Miller of abuse … [Read more...]
Priest Removed In Louisville
The Rev. John Baptist Ormechea has been removed as pastor of St. Agnes Church in Louisville over allegations by four men that he sexually abused them as boys at a Chicago parish between 1978 and 1981. Members of the parish of about 3,650 people on Newburg Road received the news Saturday in a letter from Archbishop Thomas C. Kelly, … [Read more...]
N.J. Diocese Settles Sex Abuse Claim
The Diocese of Metuchen has agreed to pay an $800,000 settlement to 10 former parishioners from Middlesex and Hunterdon counties who claim they were sexually abused by five Catholic priests. In the first announced settlement with a New Jersey diocese since the priest sex abuse scandal broke a year ago, church leaders resolved … [Read more...]
New Priest Named In Church Abuse Suit
Church Abuse Suit Filed. A woman claims she was sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest who made regular visits to her childhood home. Lysha Beckman Sitzman filed suit Friday against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Sitzman claims she was abused by a former priest, Joseph E. … [Read more...]
Man Accuses ‘Brother Vic’ of Sex, Deceit
Abused him over a period of two to three months A 26-year-old man has told the Mobile Register that Brother Victor Bendillo, a teacher and adviser at McGill-Toolen High School for 39 years, sexually abused him over a period of two to three months when he was a 14-year-old student at the school. The man said Bendillo convinced him … [Read more...]
Second Lawsuit Filed Against Tucson Diocese In Guillen Case
Young men sexually abused by a Yuma priest Three young men who say they were sexually abused by a Yuma priest while they were altar boys are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson for an unspecified amount of money. The legal action filed this month in Yuma County Superior Court is the second lawsuit to be filed against the … [Read more...]
Bishop and Diocese of Paterson Sued In Sex-Abuse Case
Twenty-one men sued the Diocese of Paterson and Bishop Frank Rodimer yesterday, contending that clergy members had sexually abused them. Most of the plaintiffs say they were abused as children by the Rev. James T. Hanley, a retired priest who has been the focus of numerous abuse complaints since sex-abuse allegations erupted in … [Read more...]
Diocese Settles Lawsuit In Abuse Case
Abuse Case Lawsuit Settlement. The Catholic Diocese of Springfield says it has settled a lawsuit brought by eight men who were sexually abused by a former priest in the 1970s. A diocese spokeswoman says the men will share one-point-two (m) million dollars. alleged abuse by former priest Five of the men filed suit against the … [Read more...]
Legislators to Consider Compromise on Sex Abuse Bill
A Bill That Will Grants More Time to Victims. The Legislature will take up a compromise bill that would give victims who were sexually abused as children 25 years to report criminal cases to authorities. The proposal, endorsed by the Joint Committee on the Judiciary where it had languished, extends the current statute of … [Read more...]
