Archdiocese of San Francisco Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

As the number of sexual abuse cases against priests and other church staff mounted, one of the largest Catholic Church organizations in the country threatened to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a measure to protect itself and limit survivor payouts. “We believe the bankruptcy process…

School District Pays $3.9 Million in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

Lawsuit Won for Failing to Stop Abusive Paraeducator The Tahoma School District recently paid a sexual abuse survivor $3.9 million to resolve a child sexual abuse lawsuit. The School District negligently continued to employ Bryan Neyers, a former para-teacher, after receiving allegations that he was…

Baltimore Catholic High School Sexual Abuse Claims

 for Sexual Abuse Survivors at Catholic High School in Baltimore CNN recently ran a story about four real-life survivor's accounts of rampant sexual abuse against young girls in Baltimore. Four survivors shared their stories more than 50 years after priests brutally, physically, and sexually assaulted…

MD Choir Director Resigns in Sex Abuse Scandal

The director of the Catholic Church-affiliated Maryland State Boychoir, a redacted name from the sweeping Attorney General sex abuse report, has resigned. His name has since been revealed by The Baltimore Sun. Frank T. Cimino, Jr. was the minister of music at St. Thomas More…

Appeals Court Expands Definition of Sexual Abuse

The Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision that a father’s religious-based homosexuality and transgender comments constituted sexual abuse. This ruling buries the age-old “sticks and stones” proverb. It also opens the door for further sex abuse claims, especially since the legislature abolished…

The Major Kinds of Sexual Abuse Torts

Negligence or a lack of care is the most common personal injury claim (tort). Examples include car crashes and slip-and-falls. Sexual abuse claims are intentional torts. There is a difference between intentional and negligence. In one famous case, a court ruled that a boy who…