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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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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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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(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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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.
(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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WHAT: Abigail Barker filed a lawsuit against Mark Rhodes for alleged child, sexual abuse and against Victorious Life Christian Church and its Pastor, Dominick Brignola, for alleged negligence and cover-up. CONTACT: Melanie Wolk of the firm Trevett Cristo, cell (585) 755-3827 NOTE: Abigail Barker is available for interview through counsel Melanie Wolk DETAILS: (Albany, N.Y.…
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(Brooklyn, NY – July 10, 2020). Today, two men filed lawsuits in Kings County Supreme Court against Yeshivah of Flatbush and Robert David Paris for negligence and sexual assault and battery related to sexual abuse they suffered from 1988 through 1995 while they were students, ages 7 through 13, at the Yeshivah of Flatbush Elementary…
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(Plattsburgh, NY – June 15, 2020) According to Court documents filed in the Clinton County Supreme Court, a man identified as Anonymous GF has filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Diocese of Ogdensburg and St. Joseph’s Church in West Chazy, related to sexual abuse by Msgr. John M. Waterhouse that occurred when the…
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