We take it seriously when we tell you and all survivors that “YOU ARE NOT ALONE.” We are having a rally to connect survivors and to support to each other.We are having a rally for survivors of sexual abuse in front of the New York County Supreme Court Courthouse located at 60 Centre Street, New York, New York 10007 on Wednesday,…
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(Ellsworth, Maine – July 24, 2019) by Jennifer Osborn – Ellsworth American ELLSWORTH — Attorneys for an intellectually disabled Stonington woman who was raped by her bus driver have brought a civil action against those they say were responsible for the woman’s care while she was being transported. The complaint names Down East Community Partners Inc., Logisticare Solutions, LLC,…
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(Ellsworth, Maine) A special-needs woman from Stonington filed a lawsuit on July 17, 2019 for injuries she suffered when her bus driver sexually assaulted her while transporting her from her program for vulnerable adults. According to a Complaint filed in Hancock County Superior Court in Ellsworth by attorney John Z. Steed, bus driver Van Stevens…
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Attorney and sexual abuse Survivor Advocate expose Cardinal (then Bishop) Theodore McCarrick’s interstate transfer of pedophile priest Fr. Romano Ferraro Known serial predator priest Father Romano Ferraro, a priest originally of the Brooklyn Diocese was transferred to NJ parish after his abuses were already known to church officials and was not listed on the Metuchen Diocese…
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Known serial predator priest Father Romano Ferraro, a priest originally of the Brooklyn Diocese was transferred to NJ parish after his abuses were already known to church officials and was not listed on the Metuchen Diocese listing of credibly accused priests. He was repeatedly transferred to Diocese in Florida, The Phillipines, West Virginia, Carolinas, and NJ where…
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There are currently three (3) lawsuits currently pending against the Diocese of Lafayette Indiana, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish and Fr. James Grear relating to childhood sexual abuse by Grear. John Doe 1 v. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette0in-Indiana, Inc., Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Fr. James J. Grear et al. John Doe…
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Statement of James Grein (Sexual abuse victim of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick)For years I have suffered, as many others have, at the hands of Theodore McCarrick. It is with profound sadness that I have had to participate in the canonical trial of my abuser. Nothing can give me back my childhood and I have not taken…
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(Albany, New York – January 28, 2019) After over a decade of wrangling, the New York legislature has finally passed the Child Victims Act that opens a window of time for persons who were sexually abused as children in New York to file a civil lawsuit. According to Patrick Noaker, New York attorney who has…
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(Rochester, NY) The special sexual abuse hearings in the Diocese of Rochester, New York continued through Tuesday. Two more survivors of sexual abuse testified before New York State Supreme Court Justice (Retired) Robert Lunn. These hearings are intended to provide a forum for those sexually abused by Catholic clergy to testify in private and in…
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By NICOLE WINFIELD January 12, 2019 VATICAN CITY (AP) — The key accuser in the sex abuse case against ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has met with New York City prosecutors, evidence that the scandal that has convulsed the papacy is now part of the broader U.S. law enforcement investigation into sex abuse and cover-up in the…
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(Rochester, New York) Attorney Leander James leads the charge in Rochester, New York, representing a number of clergy sexual abuse survivors in the Diocese of Rochester Compensation Fund hearings. On Monday, January 14, 2019, Attorney Leander James from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, presented the very first cases of clergy sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the…
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