Minnesota and Hawaii created windows for abuse victims to file lawsuit even after states’ statute of limitations closed – but their time will be up in April
Windows closing for clergy sex abuse victims to sue Catholic church
Effort to reform child sex abuse crime laws clears a hurdle in House
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Slowik: Leniency for alleged sex abusers like Hastert denies justice to victims
By Ted Slowik
I have to choose my words carefully, because Hastert isn’t charged with sexually abusing children, and he hasn’t admitted to it. As part of a plea deal, he’s pleaded guilty to a bank structuring charge for withdrawing
As Pennsylvania confronts clergy sex abuse, victims and lawmakers act
By Laurie Goodstein
Nearly 15 years after Boston suffered through a clergy abuse scandal dramatized in the movie “Spotlight,’’ Pennsylvania is going through its own painful reckoning.
From the state Capitol in Harrisburg to kitchens in railroad towns, people say
Victim raped by upstate priest wants N.Y. to fix sex abuse statute
Kevin Braney went through hell in the basement of a church rectory.
Braney says he was a devout 15-year-old altar boy when Msgr. Charles Eckermann first raped him in a rectory storage room at St. Ann’s Church
Catholic Archdiocese Vs. Insurer in Priest Sex Abuse Cases
EXCLUSIVE: The final insult – ‘child molester’ Catholic priest who committed suicide to evade justice said it was a ‘gift’ to his victims – after a life ‘serving others’
- Father Virgilio Elizondo, 80, shot himself in the head after he was accused of molesting a young boy
- Notre Dame professor was leading Catholic intellectual but faced ruin before he shot himself in the head at San Antonio, Texas, home
Christian School Principal Jailed for Child Rape
By Katie Zavadski
The principal of a tiny Seventh-day Adventist school in Washington state has been arrested for allegedly molesting and abusing two young girls.
The principal of a tiny Christian school in a small Washington town has been charged
Hospital Funds Diverted to Cardinal’s Villa
A top Vatican cardinal is defending a glitzy renovation to his private apartments, apparently funded by money meant for a children’s hospital.
It is hard to imagine two men more different than frugal Pope Francis
Jesus wept: There were 12 reported incidents of Christian pastors molesting kids — in just the last month
By Tom Boggioni
The arrest of a Christian school principal in Port Angeles, Washington for sexually assaulting two pre-teen girls brings to light, once again, what appears to be an epidemic of sexual predators in Christian churches and schools.
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