Cody St. John, a Mille Lacs Band of Ojibewa Indian, who in 2006 when he 22 years-old and refused to join the Vice Lords gang, was beaten, dragged and left on a reservation street in sub zero weather, was awarded a civil judgment of $4.2 million by the tribal court against one of his assailants.
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Jun 15, 2011: Press Release: Tribal Court Awards Victim of Vice Lord Beating $4.2 Million in Damages
Last week Attorney Pat Noaker and I held a press conference in Kansas City announcing a lawsuit against the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph and Father Shawn Ratigan. The lawsuit accuses Fr. Ratigan and the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph of violating federal child pornography laws after the Diocese discovered child pornography on Ratigan’s computer and did nothing for months. Pat Noaker wrote more about the case in his blog last week.In the decades that I have been bringing cases against officials and various arms of the Catholic Church I’ve found that it is typical for Dio… Last week Attorney Pat Noaker and I held a press conference in Kansas City announcing a lawsuit against the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph and Father Shawn Ratigan. The lawsuit accuses Fr. Ratigan and the Diocese of Kansas City – St. Joseph of violating federal child pornography laws after the Diocese discovered child pornography on Ratigan’s computer and did nothing for months. Pat Noaker wrote more about the case in his blog last week. Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation are morally DEFENDANT HOLY SEE’SMEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OFMOTION TO EXTEND TIME Vatican asks for more time to produce abuse documents in John V. Doe v. Holy See (St. Paul, MN) Saying… A former Irish priest accused of molesting four men in Humboldt County in the At “Listening sessions.” The parents of a minor girl filed a lawsuit today alleging that a priest in the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese accused of possessing child pornography took nude photographs of their daughter. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court of the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City, claims that the Rev. Shawn F. Ratigan took photographs and visual images of a child under her clothing, revealing her underwear, and while the child was nude. At State statutes of limitations provide a substantial barrier for priest sex abuse survivors seeking justice and truth after what is often decades of silence and suffering. Even more important than monetary gains, civil lawsuits give survivors an opportunity for closure and healing.State Senator Thomas Duane introduced window legislation in New York and outlined his plan in an editorial published yesterday. His proposal provides a one year window for otherwise time-barred survivors to file a lawsuit. A 21 year-old Blaine man who says he was sexually abused at the age of 15 by
reprehensible. Saint John’s Abbey works
honestly and openly with victims of sexual abuse and their attorneys to do all
we can to correct the grievous wrongs that have been committed in the past by
some members of our community.
1980s has been extradited to Ireland, where he faces criminal charges for sexual
misconduct, authorities said.Patrick
Joseph McCabe, 75, was turned over to Irish national police officers Sunday
night at San Francisco International Airport, the U.S. Marshals Service said
Monday.
McCabe,
who was arrested in August, had been jailed since then in Alameda County pending
extradition to his homeland.
Following McCabe’s apprehension, Greg Horne,
38, of Arcata and three unidentified men filed civil lawsuit…
a news conference Tuesday in St. Paul, attorneys for a New York man will
announce a new Lawsuit against St. John’s Abbey and the Order of St. Benedict
based in Collegeville, Minnesota. Also
appearing at the news conference will be a two former Benedictine monks associated
with St. John’s Abbey.
That is what Bishop Robert Finn and the Diocese of Kansas City – St.
Joseph offered in response to a lawsuit
revealing violation of federal child pornography laws for receiving and
distributing child pornography that was created by one of the Diocese
priests.
a news conference Thursday in Kansas City, prominent clergy abuse attorneys
will announce a lawsuit against the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph, Bishop
Robert Finn and Father Shawn Ratigan on behalf of a child who is a victim of
child pornography by Fr. Ratigan. The
lawsuit alleges that the Diocese and Bishop Robert Finn violated federal and
state child pornography and child abuse laws when they concealed evidence that
Fr. Ratigan was creating child pornography by photographing and being sexually
inappropriate with young parish girls.
his youth group leader at a Spring Lake Park church is suing its religious
leaders.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Hennepin County District Court on the man’s
behalf by attorneys with Jeff Anderson & Associates, names defendants
Emmanuel Christian Center of the Assemblies of God in Spring Lake Park, its
former youth group leader, Paul Alan Brandon, and the Minnesota District Council
of the Assemblies of God.
The lawsuit claims the plaintiff, referred to in the complaint as John Doe
169, was sexuall…