Vermont Becomes Latest State to Abolish Statute of Limitations in Child Sex Abuse Cases
Vermont Governor Phil Scott last week signed a new law that removes the time limit for victims of child sexual abuse to bring civil claims…
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Novel Legal Theory May Allow Sex Abuse Lawsuits to Move Forward in Pennsylvania
In spite of last summer’s Grand Jury Report and the existence of compensation funds in each Pennsylvania diocese, survivors of sexual abuse remain frustrated by…
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New York Child Victims Act Opens Window for Church Sex Abuse Survivors
On Wednesday August 13, over 400 people who were sexually abused as children in New York sued the Roman Catholic Church. It was the…
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Cardinal Dolan Refuses to Remove Priest Accused of Sexually Abusing Eight Children
For the second time in six month’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, refuses to remove a priest accused of sexual abuse. The latest…
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Georgia Attorney General Opens Catholic Priest Abuse Investigation
Georgia has become the latest state to open a formal investigation into the Catholic Church’s priest sex abuse scandal in the state. The state does…
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New Jersey Governor Signs Law for Justice for Sex Abuse Survivors
Under landmark legislation recently signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy, New Jersey victims of sexual abuse now have more time to file civil lawsuits…
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FDA To Make Secret Database of Medical Device Injury Reports Public
After decades of allowing medical device manufacturers to suppress millions of reports of device malfunctions and harm to patients the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Archdiocese of Newark’s List of Accused Priest Reveals High Number of Multiple Offenders
When the Archdiocese of Newark released its own list of those priests who had been accused of sexual abuse of minors, one thing stood out…
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Parsing Priest Sex Abuse and Offending Abuse Survivors
Cardinal George Pell’s lawyer made the unsuccessful and outrageous argument that one of Pell’s offenses was “plain vanilla sexual penetration case where the child is…
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Top Vatican Cardinal Convicted of Sexual Abuse in Australia
Cardinal George Pell, a close adviser to Pope Francis and former head of Vatican finances, has been found guilty by an Australian jury of sexually…