Two sexual assault victims suing the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay will be able to pursue punitive damages as part of their case.
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A judge ruled Troy and Todd Merryfield can seek punitive damages for what they believe was an intentional cover-up of abuse by the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
Reaching into a person’s mind to revive repressed memories is an issue that’s settled law in one sense, but what remains unsettled is how such memories are used during litigation and whether a lawsuit should be tossed or allowed to proceed to trial.
A former Jordan student is suing Jordan Public Schools for a sexual assault that allegedly occurred during a football camp at Minnesota State University, Mankato in July 2007.
A third lawsuit in North Dakota accusing a former teacher at Fargo’s Shanley High School of sex abuse was filed in Cass County District Court on Tuesday.
The case involves a man identified in court papers as John Doe RG. Now a 44-year-old business executive, he contends that, as a boy, he was repeatedly molested by former Indianapolis priest Harry Monroe while he was a parishioner at St. Andrew Catholic Church.
All Americans should be heartened by the recent announcement that the Department of Justice, under the leadership of Attorney General Eric Holder, is strengthening its commitment to fighting crimes of violence against Native American women.
Jeff Anderson and his legal associates have launched a ”Child Pornography Initiative.” Anderson is a Minnesota Attorney who has represented countless victims of child sexual abuse
Victims, therapists and activists applaud novel move
Judge seeks financial restitution for child porn victim
Illicit pixs of her at age 8 are among “most widely circulated” ever
Advocates hope that greater awareness of new federal law will help
Making kiddie porn cost, not pay, is best way to deter such crimes, groups say
WHAT
Holding large graphs and photos at a news conference, an expert, a therapist, an attorney and an abuse victim will
— praise a St. Paul judge for his unprecedented move to try and get financial restitut
What’s in a name? To the victims of pedophile priests, a lot.
A former St. John’s Prep School student sued the school and St. John’s Abbey on Tuesday, alleging fraud for allowing a monk to continue interacting with students after they received an allegation of sexual misconduct against the monk.
A lawsuit filed in St. Cloud Tuesday accuses the Benedictine Order of covering up sex-abuse allegations that were made against 11 clerics working at St. John’s University in Collegeville in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.
In an unusual Friday email sent to priests, the archdiocese of Milwaukee has confirmed that former archbishop Rembert Weakland shredded on a weekly basis criminal evidence contained in secret reports and investigations of sex crimes by priests.
The scope of the sexual abuse scandal in the Milwaukee Archdiocese continues to widen.
News Coverage of Cardinal Edward M. Egan’s cover up of clergy sexual abuse in the 1990s while he was the bishop of Bridgeport would be shocking if it weren’t so familiar.