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Feb 15, 2018: Media Advisory: Multiple Abuse Claims Against Former Diocese of Rockville Centre Priest Thursday, Survivor to Speak Publicly

Today, February 15, 2018, Attorney J. Michael Reck of Jeff Anderson & Associates P.A. will release the name and photographs of a Diocese of Rockville Centre perpetrator whose identity has never been publicly released. The perpetrator left the priesthood and became a psychotherapist working with children after abusing children in the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Oct 25, 2017: Media Advisory: Settlements and Identities of Two Undisclosed Perpetrators Announced Today in New York Sexual Abuse Cases

*UPDATED LIVE-STREAM LINK BELOW Settlements Announced in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Involving the Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Brooklyn’s Compensation ProgramsIdentities of two undisclosed perpetrators will be released to the publicWHAT:  Today, Attorney J. Michael Reck of Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A., will:•    Announce and discuss settlements obtained on behalf of survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn. The settlements were obtained after the survivors participated in the Archdiocese of New York and…

Oct 24, 2017: Media Advisory: Settlements and Identities of Two Undisclosed Perpetrators Announced in New York Sexual Abuse Cases

 Settlements Announced in Child Sexual Abuse Cases Involving the Archdiocese of New York and Diocese of Brooklyn’s Compensation ProgramsIdentities of two undisclosed perpetrators will be released to the publicWHAT:  On Wednesday, Attorney J. Michael Reck of Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A., will:   Announce and discuss settlements obtained on behalf of survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn. The settlements were obtained after the survivors participated in the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn’s…

May 18, 2017: Media Advisory: Settlements Announced Today in Seven Archdiocese of New York Sexual Abuse Compensation Program Cases

Today, Attorney J. Michael Reck of Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A., will announce and discuss settlements obtained on behalf of seven survivors
of childhood sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of New York. The cases
involved Phase I of the Archdiocese’s Independent Reconciliation and
Compensation Program (IRCP) that began in October 2016.

May 09, 2017: Media Advisory: Crookston Bishop Michael Hoeppner Sued for Coercion, Abuse Survivor to Speak Publicly Today

(St. Paul, MN) – At a news conference on today in St. Paul,
attorney Jeff Anderson, a child sexual abuse survivor, and a Minnesota
priest will announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of the survivor
naming Bishop Michael Hoeppner and the Diocese of Crookston as
defendants. This is the first time in the United States a bishop has
been individually sued for coercion.

May 08, 2017: First U.S. Bishop Sued for Coercion in Minnesota After Suppressing Report of Child Sexual Abuse

First Bishop in the United States Sued for CoercionIn 2015, a Minnesota Bishop Suppressed  Report of Child Sexual Abuse  Survivor to speak publicly for the first time Tuesday about abuse by a former top official in Minnesota diocese Bishop threatened harm to survivor’s vocation and his son’s career as a priest if he did not recant his abuse report(St. Paul, MN) – At a news conference on Tuesday in St. Paul, attorney Jeff Anderson, a child sexual abuse survivor, and a Minnesota priest will announce the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of the survivor naming a current Minnesota bishop and…