By Patrick Noaker, Attorney Filing a sexual abuse lawsuit can have several potential benefits for survivors. First, it is worth mentioning that sexual abuse lawsuits are very different than other types of lawsuits. Sexual abuse lawsuits are not only about the benefit to the individual sexual abuse survivor. Sexual abuse lawsuits also benefit other survivors…
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By Patrick Noaker, Sexual Abuse Attorney Psychotherapy can be immensely beneficial for survivors of sexual abuse by providing them with a safe and supportive environment to heal, recover, and regain control over their lives. Here are some key benefits of psychotherapy for survivors of sexual abuse: Emotional Support Psychotherapy offers survivors a space to express…
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Decades of Catholic leadership decisions and policies have allowed known child sex abusers to hide, often in plain sight. . . It is my hope that this report will shine light both on those who violated their positions of power and trust to abuse innocent children, and on the men in church leadership who covered…
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ACTIVE INVESTIGATION Noaker Law Firm LLC is conducting an active investigation into abuse by former Forest Lake School District Teacher James Edward Carter. If you have any information about James Edward Carter having boys visit his home or information about James Edward Carter being inappropriate with any student or other minor, please contact Noaker Law…
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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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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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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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(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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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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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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(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 (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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