Author: patricknoaker

Abuse Victim Files Lawsuit Against Forest Lake Schools and Lakes Center

Today, one of the students who was sexually abused by Forest Lake School District teacher James Carter, filed a civil lawsuit for damages against the District, the Lakes Center for Youth and Families and James Carter relating to sexual abuse by Carter from 2018 through 2020. According to the Complaint filed in Washington County, beginning…
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Diocese of Rochester Agrees to Bankruptcy Settlement

Yesterday, the Official Creditors Committee in the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy of the Diocese of Rochester, New York announced that it has an agreement with the Diocese of Rochester for damages to sexual abuse victims. According to the agreement, the Diocese must pay $55 million into a trust account that will be distributed to 475 sexual…
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Third Woman Files Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse at Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May

Contact:  Attorney Patrick Noaker, cell (612) 839-1080 (Cape May, N.J. – October 26, 2021). Today, a woman identified as Jane Doe GM filed a lawsuit in Cape May County Superior Court for damages related to being sexually abused when she was between 9 and 12 years-old, from 1974 – 1976, by Marianist Brother Albert “Al”…
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Victims Call Out Yeshiva of Brooklyn for Claiming it Does Not Have to Report Abuse

(New York, NY – 9-22-2021). Lawyers for four (4) victims of sexual abuse are calling out the Yeshiva of Brooklyn because the Yeshiva claims that it has no responsibility to report suspected child abuse or maltreatment. New York, like every other state, has a law that requires school officials and employees to report to child…
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Internationally Infamous Abusive Priest has Roots in Malone

The ghastly child abuse history of F. Barry Bossa follows what has unfortunately become an all too familiar pattern in the Catholic Church.  Both prior to and after F. Barry Bossa became a Catholic priest, he has been the subject of both criminal prosecution and numerous civil lawsuits in Massachusetts and New York for abusing…
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Catholic Center Sued Again for Abuse

Another woman charges a priest hurt her as a child It’s the second similar case filed this year A second woman filed a child sex abuse and cover up lawsuit against a Catholic religious group, one of its priests and its facility in southern New Jersey. She alleges she was molested as a 12 year old by…
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Third Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Police Athletic League Brooklyn Martial Arts Program

(Brooklyn, NY –  February 18, 2021) A former student filed a third lawsuit against the Police Athletic League (“PAL”) relating to its martial arts program in the Canarsie neighborhood in Brooklyn.  According to lawsuit documents filed by a man identified as Anonymous BRR, martial arts instructor Ronald Schwartz sexually abused him in approximately 1973 through…
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Second Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Police Athletic League Brooklyn Martial Arts Program

Second Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Police Athletic League Brooklyn Martial Arts Program (Brooklyn, NY –  February 11, 2021) Yesterday, a former student filed what is the second sexual abuse lawsuit against the Police Athletic League (“PAL”) relating to its martial arts program in the Canarsie neighborhood in Brooklyn.  According to a Verified Complaint filed…
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Former Student Files Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Police Athletic League Brooklyn Martial Arts Program

(Brooklyn, NY –  February 5, 2021) Today, a former student filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Police Athletic League relating to its martial arts program in the Canarsie neighborhood in Brooklyn.  According to a Verified Complaint filed in New York County Supreme Court, the former student reports that the student was sexually abused by…
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Sexual Abuse in Brooklyn Police Athletic League Martial Arts Program

Noaker Law Firm LLC is actively investigating reports of sexual abuse in the Police Athletic League (PAL) martial arts program in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York by the Tae Kwon Do instructor and black belt Ronald “Ron” Schwartz in the 1970’s. Please email firm@noakerlaw.com or call (646) 954-5877 if you have any information.

Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Cape May Marianist Family Retreat Center

(Cape May Point, NJ – January 8, 2021)  A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, New Jersey, and the Marianist (Society of Mary) Province of the United States religious order relating to sexual abuse she endured when she was a 14-year-old volunteer at the Retreat Center…
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Former Marist High School Student Files Sexual Abuse Case Involving Marist Brother Who Suspiciously Changed His Name

Contact:          Patrick Noaker, Cell (612) 839-1080 email: patrick@noakerlaw.com What:              Sexual abuse lawsuit filed in Hudson County Superior Court involving sexual abuse at Marist High School in Bayonne, NJ by Brother Damian Victor a/k/a Br. Damian Galligan.  John Doe HF is available for interview on the condition that he remain anonymous as John Doe HF. Details:  According…
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