On Thursday, February 13, attorneys from Greenberg Gross and Jeff Anderson & Associates will discuss the case filed on behalf of a courageous survivor against La Luz Del Mundo (LDM), Naasón Joaquin Garcia and LDM leadership. Attorneys and survivor/plaintiff will reveal and discuss the first lawsuit brought against La Luz del Mundo under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), the Racketeer Influenced...
Tuesday in Phoenix, a courageous survivor, an advocate and the law firms of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA and Montoya, Lucero & Pastor, P.A. will discuss and reveal two new clergy sexual abuse lawsuits brought under Arizona’s historic new victims’ rights bill (HB2466) against the Diocese of Phoenix, The Society of the Divine Savior religious order (“Salvatorians”) and St. Mark Parish in Phoenix for sexual abuse by three Salvatorian priests who worked at St. Mark.
A survivor, sexually abused when he was approximately 13 to 14 years old, has sued the private Modern Orthodox Jewish school of Salanter Akiba Riverdale (SAR) Academy under New York’s Child Victims Act (CVA). The CVA is a new law that gives survivors of child sexual abuse until August 13, 2020 to bring lawsuits that were previously time-barred by the statute of limitations, no matter when the abuse occurred. Robert Eckmann was sexually abused as an 8th grader during the 1976 – 1977 school year by the...
The Vatican’s decision to prohibit Diocese of Crookston Bishop Michael Hoeppner from dealing with cases of clerical sexual abuse in his diocese while the Vatican investigates him for concealing abuse by priests in his diocese is the correct step.The Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops recently authorized Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis to conduct further investigation related to claims that Bishop Hoeppner engaged in “acts or omissions...
Tuesday in Costa Mesa, on behalf of a courageous survivor, attorneys from Jeff Anderson & Associates and Greenberg Gross, as well as sexual assault survivors and advocates will reveal and discuss a new lawsuit brought against Fullerton Joint Union High School District under the new California Child Victims Act (AB 218) for childhood sexual assault by Charles “Chuck” Ritz III, a math teacher, soccer coach, and surf club advisor at La Habra High School ...
On Wednesday in Newark, attorneys from Jeff Anderson & Associates and Gianforcaro Law, clergy sexual abuse survivors, and survivor advocates will reveal and discuss two lawsuits filed under the New Jersey Victims’ Rights Bill against the Archdiocese...