Showing posts with label Sex abuse claims. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sex abuse claims. Show all posts
Friday, September 11, 2026

LDS Church Not Negligent in Failure to Act Against Sex Abuse by Church Elder Against His Daughter

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In Doe v. Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (D OR, Sept. 8, 2026), an Oregon federal...
Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Defamation Action Should Be Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In In re Gateway Church ,  (TX App., Aug. 19, 2026), a Texas state appellate court held that a state trial court should have dismissed on ec...
Friday, August 07, 2026

Sex Abuse Claimants May Sue to Access Parish and School Assets in Vermont Diocese Bankruptcy

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In In re Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington Vermont ,  (Bkrptcy VT, July 28, 2026), a Vermont federal bankruptcy court issued an order all...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

Supreme Court Denies Review in Case of Attorney Held in Contempt for Disclosing Information About Abusive Priest

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Trahant v. Roman Catholic Church,  (Docket No. 25-1260,  certiorari  denied, 6/29/2026). ...
Monday, June 29, 2026

Michigan AG Releases Report on Sexual Abuse in Saginaw Catholic Diocese

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On June 25, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a 258-page report titled Diocese of Saginaw: A Complete Accounting  ( full text )...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Former Charismatic Religious Leader Sued for Sexual Exploitation

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At the end of last month, three women filed suit in a Tennessee federal district court against the former religious leader of Global Outreac...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

State Attorney General May Enforce Subpoena Seeking from Archdiocese Evidence of Clergy Sexual Abuse

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In State of Washington v. Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle ,  (WA App, March 2, 2026), a Washington state appellate court a...
Thursday, February 12, 2026

Child Abuse Claim Against Archdiocese Moves Ahead

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In Doe XXV v. Archdiocese of New York , (NY Sup.Ct. NY Cty., Jan. 21, 2026), a New York state trial court denied a motion to dismiss a suit ...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Priest's Defamation Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Catholic Diocese of Richmond v. Smalls ,  (VA App, Nov. 5, 2025), a Virginia state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Diocese Has Vested Right in Statute of Limitations That Has Run in Suit by Abuse Victim

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In 2020, the New Hampshire legislature amended its statute of limitations by removing the limitation period for suits alleging sexual assaul...
Friday, August 22, 2025

Pastor's Suit for Reinstatement Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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 In Kyles v. Church of God in Christ ,  (TX App, Aug. 21, 2025), a Texas state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention ground...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Fact Questions Remain as to Whether Sex Abuser's Confession Was Privileged

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In Doe v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ,  (AZ App., July 29, 2025), an Arizona state appe...
Friday, June 20, 2025

In Britain, Commons Passes Bill Removing Prosecution of Women for Their Own Abortion; Extending Time Sue for Child Sex Abuse

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On June 18, Britain's House of Commons by a vote of 312-95  passed and sent to the House of Lords the Crime and Policing Bill . Among th...
Sunday, June 08, 2025

USCCB Releases 2024 Report on Sexual Abuse by Clergy

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On June 6, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced the release of their 2024 Annual Report on the Implementation of the Charter f...
Thursday, May 08, 2025

Bankruptcy Court Allows Child Abuse Victims to File Suits to Avoid New Limits on Damages in Maryland

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As previously reported , in September 2023, the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection in advance of the Oct. 1, ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Court Refuses to Dismiss Megachurch Pastor's Defamation Suit Against Sex Offender

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In Jakes v. Youngblood ,  (WD PA, April 25, 2025), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused to dismiss under Pennsylvania's anti-SL...
Friday, March 14, 2025

Oklahoma Indicts Megachurch Pastor on Charges of Lewd Acts With a Minor

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The Oklahoma Attorney General has announced that on Wednesday a Multi-County Grand indicted the founder of a Texas Megachurch on five counts...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Maryland Supreme Court Upholds Retroactive Elimination of Limitation Period for Child Sex Abuse Claims

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In Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. Doe ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Feb. 3, 2025), the Maryland Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision upheld the re...
Monday, February 03, 2025

North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Window for Bringing Time-Barred Child Sex Abuse Claims That Were Not Previously Adjudicated

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The North Carolina Supreme Court last week decided four cases raising the constitutionality and reach of the SAFE Child Act . In McKinney v....
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Maine Supreme Court Invalidates Retroactive Removal of Limitation Period for Child Sex Abuse Claims

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In Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland ,  (ME Sup. Ct., Jan. 28, 2025), Maine's Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-2 decision, held ...