Jeff Anderson to Respond to Plan at 2:30PM Press Conference Today in MinneapolisThe amended plan also lets the Archdiocese’s insurance companies off the hook and significantly undervalues their exposureWHAT: At a news conference today in Minneapolis, Attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will:• Discuss the details of the amended bankruptcy reorganization plan filed today by the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis;• Demand the Archdiocese uphold its pledge made to sexual abuse survivors to be transparent and accountable throughout the bankruptcy pro…
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At a press conference Monday in St. Paul, live-streamed online from the law office of Jeff Anderson & Associates, sexual abuse survivor Megan Peterson, Barbara Blaine and Peter
Isley of SNAP, and Attorney Mike Finnegan will announce the settlement of a federal lawsuit involving the Diocese of Ootacamund, India, and Fr. Joseph Je…
At a news conference today, attorney Marc Pearlman and a survivor who was sexually abused by a Chicago-area Catholic priest will announce a civil lawsuit against a Chicago Catholic religious order, the Claretian Missionaries. Discuss the Claretians’ decision to a allow an admitted sexual abuser to have unrestricted access to children for 20 years after promising to supervise him at all times around children.
At a news conference Tuesday in St. Paul, Attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will discuss the details of the proposed bankruptcy plan filed Monday by the Creditors’ Committee in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis bankruptcy case; among other provisions, the proposed plan calls for the immediate release of the investigative report concerning former Archbishop John Nienstedt, all communications…
Attorney Jeff Anderson to Release Documents and Comment on Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis Criminal Case Today Vatican, Former Archbishop John Nienstedt Implicated in Documents to be Released Publicly Today
Today, in United States Bankruptcy Court, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis filed its reorganization plan. The plan outlines several egregious proposals, including a contribution of approximately $30 million dollars, less than two-percent of the Archdiocese and its parishes assets…
At a press conference Tuesday in St. Paul, Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will discuss a legal motion filed today by the creditor’s committee and survivors in the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis bankruptcy case, to consolidate several entities into the bankruptcy estate…
At a news conference Wednesday in Duluth, Attorney Mike Finnegan will publicly release documents for the first time from the Oblate priest file of Father James Vincent Fitzgerald. In 2013, an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Doe 19, filed a lawsuit for sexual abuse by Fr. Fitzgerald under the Minnesota Child Victims Act. The documents were used in a Ramsey…
Bik abused the boy after St. John’s learned he sexually abused two students in the 1970s when he was a teacher at St. Stephen’s in Anoka Bik taught at Twin Cities Catholic schools in Anoka and Shoreview before becoming a monk and priest of St. John’s At a news conference today in St. Paul, attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant, along with advocate and former St. John’s monk, Patrick Wall will Announce the filing of a civil lawsuit naming St. John’s Abbey and Father Michael Bik as defendants. The suit is being brought by Doe 497…
Press Conference to begin at 11:00 a.m. Central
Backous Worked in Prominent Roles at St. John’s and Duluth afterSt. John’s ‘cleared’ him of allegations in 1991 and 2015What: At a news conference tomorrow in St. Paul, attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant will: • Announce the filing of two civil lawsuits naming St. John’s Abbey and Father Timothy Backous as defendants. One suit is being brought by Doe 413, a survivor who was sexually abused by Backous at St. John’s Prep School in approximately 1982-1983 when he was 16 years old. The second lawsuit is being brought by Doe 188, a former member of the St. John’s Boys Choir who was…
Fr. Yacyshyn was allowed to continue in ministry at St. Jude’s in Mastic Beach, even after the first lawsuit was filed in January 2015Plaintiff alleges that the Diocese’s actions are a public nuisance and urges law enforcement action.What: At a press conference Tuesday on Long Island, Attorney Mike Reck of Jeff Anderson & Associates and Chris Anderson of MaleSurvivor will: • Announce the filing of a second complaint on behalf of a new victim, a 20 year-old man, naming the Diocese of Rockville Centre and St. Francis Assisi Church as defendants. The Plaintiff alleges sexual abuse…
To begin at 1:00p.m. Central
Bishop Amalraj, with permission from Pope Francis, returned Jeyapaul to ministry after his sexual abuse conviction in Minnesota Survivor Megan Peterson will speak publicly about the nuisance lawsuit and Jeyapaul’s return to active ministry and the danger to kids in India WHAT: At a press conference Tuesday in St. Paul, live-streamed from the law office of Jeff Anderson & Associates, sexual abuse survivor Megan Peterson and Attorney Jeff Anderson will announce the filling of a federal lawsuit naming the Diocese of Ootacamund, India, as defendants. A letter, sent to Anderson and Roseau Co…
Three More Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Filed Before April 24 Legal Deadline26 Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Settled Involving the Diocese of Honolulu and other Religious Orders What: At a press conference Wednesday, Kailua Attorney Mark Gallagher will: • Announce the filing of three lawsuits on behalf of three sexual abuse survivors before the April 24, 2016 legal deadline. The new lawsuits ask courts to force public disclosure of the identity and whereabouts of all credibly accused clerics in the Diocese of Honolulu;• Release the expert report of Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, a canon law…