The Vermont lawyer for a sexual abuse victim of a New York priest serving a 20-year prison sentence says the civil case could expose the way the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany handled sexual abuse allegations against priests. Burlington attorney …
The state of Oregon has paid $1.2 million to 17 current and former inmates of Coffee Creek Correctional Facility to settle lawsuits stemming from sexual abuse by correctional workers but security weaknesses identified three years ago remain unaddressed. The Oregonian …
A bankruptcy lawyer says about 550 people are asking for restitution for alleged sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Attorney James Stang said Wednesday that’s more than in any of the other U.S. dioceses that have filed …
The Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese spent more than $1 million over a four-month stretch last year to deal with allegations of sexual abuse by priests, according to a new report containing the most detailed figures the diocese has provided on …
Experts in Tennessee law say it’s not clear whether allegations of sexual abuse against the former president of the Amateur Athletic Union have come too late for the accusers to seek relief in either the civil or criminal courts. Steve …