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: 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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For a PDF version of the Noaker Law Firm’s press release regarding the filing of 3 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of young girls by Fr. Edmund Netter, please click the link below.
The above PDF file is a written, verified complaint from the attorneys representing Lexington Filipowski against the Archdiocese of New York.
Courageous survivor BLASTS Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s exclusion of victims of abuse by religious order priests and brothers from compensation or assistance from the Archdiocese of New York. Contains excerpts 10-30-2018 of press conference by survivor Lexington Filipowski and Attorney Patrick Noaker.
In this Podcast, Attorney Patrick Noaker, of the Noaker Law Firm LLC, discusses 4 steps that the Noaker Law Firm takes to assist clients to heal from abuse.
By: Tyler Aliperto and Patrick Noaker I don’t even know who I am,” said one survivor (Participant 508) due to the effects that being sexually abused by a priest as a child had on his self identity. This is a feeling that many of our clients and many victims of clergy sexual abuse express…
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By Spectrum News NY1 Stephen Jimenez — a survivor of child sexual abuse and the co-founder of advocacy group New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators — sits down with “In Focus” Host Cheryl Wills to talk about his story of abuse. He discusses trauma victims suffer, and why it is so difficult for many to come…
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Courageous Noaker Law Firm Client Pushes for New York Child Protection Law By Chris McKenna, Times Herald-Record [read full story] Lex Filipowski was a 7-year-old altar boy at Holy Cross Church in Wawayanda, alone with the pastor as they changed into their robes before Mass, when the Rev. George Boxelaar pulled him close and began kissing him…
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Most people have a picture in their head of what a sexual abuse survivor looks like. And, if they were never abused, they surely don’t think that picture looks like them. It is common to try and put distance between tragic and traumatic events and our own lives. “It could never happen to me because…
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Survivor Was Repeatedly Abused by Brother Tony Holmes While Living at the Nazareth Child Care Center in Jamaica Plain BOSTON (July 17, 2017) — AJ, a survivor of child sex abuse who lives in New York City, today filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Boston for abuse he suffered while living at the Archdiocese’s…
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