More Than 20 States Have Recently Reformed Their Statute of Limitation for Child Sexual Abuse Pennsylvania law allows survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against their abusers up to the age of 55. Their law is similar to the law that existed in Maryland for years until Governor Wes Moore signed Maryland’s Child...
CONTINUE READINGIt is a heartbreaking reality that child sexual abuse occurs in juvenile detention centers across Baltimore. Vulnerable young individuals should be protected against molestation in juvenile jails, but often they are not. The trauma of child sexual abuse in Baltimore juvenile detention centers is being addressed through legal action, advocacy, and support services. By law,...
CONTINUE READINGCheltenham, previously called Boys Village of Maryland, ignored years of child sexual abuse claims against staff and guards. We are still talking about the bad conditions in Maryland‘s juvenile detention centers. Today, we are looking at the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center. Many people have made claims of rape and sexual abuse for years, but authorities...
CONTINUE READINGFormerly Known as the Maryland Training School for Boys, This Juvenile Detention Center Has a History of Rape and Sexual Abuse of Minors Maryland Juvenile detention centers have been irresponsible in their duties to protect the vulnerable minors in their care. Youth detention centers, like the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, ignored reports of rapes...
CONTINUE READINGIf You Were Raped or Sexually Abused as a Minor in a Maryland Youth Detention Center, You May Have a Case With the quickly approaching deadline to file a lawsuit against the Catholic Church and Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland for sexual abuse and assault committed by Catholic Church clergy members and Catholic school employees,...
CONTINUE READINGIn a move that surprised no one, the nation’s oldest Catholic diocese filed a bankruptcy petition two days before a statute of limitations waiver took effect. The bankruptcy filing immediately stopped lawsuits against the archdiocese itself. In another move that was no surprise, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner upheld the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy...
CONTINUE READINGLast week, a group of Canadian lawyers filed a class-action lawsuit against Uber “on behalf of passengers that were sexually assaulted, assaulted, battered, raped, kidnapped, forcibly confined, stalked, harassed, otherwise attacked or subjected to other sexual misconduct by an Uber driver with whom they had been paired through the Uber App.” It is a comprehensive...
CONTINUE READINGA Catholic Church advocacy group asked the Maryland Attorney General to stop digging into allegations that the Catholic Church tolerated child sex abuse for decades. A year ago, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General released its scathing “Report on Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.” The Archdiocese of Baltimore has been on...
CONTINUE READINGThe unwavering trust and faith that congregants once had in the Catholic Church has been shaken by disturbing reports of abuses committed within their ranks. Catholic Church sexual abuse has traumatized so many children and families throughout Maryland. The institutional coverup against the molestation of thousands of children extended over decades. In no place were...
CONTINUE READINGRebecca was a sweet 14-year-old little girl in the 8th grade when she was violently raped and sexually assaulted. The sexual abuse and rape happened while she was in school at St Peter Clavers Catholic School in Baltimore. They told her that the church sexual abuse was her fault. Life has been very challenging for...
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