Saint Paul, MN – Today five brave survivors of clergy sexual abuse and cover-up – three emerging from their “John Doe” status and using their names for the first time – filed suit against the Vatican, charging nuisance and public endangerment, including allowing known offenders to continue public ministry through cover-up and reassignment. The lawsuit also demands the release of several thousand secret files on predator priests known to and protected by top Catholic officials including, but not limited to, Archbishop John Nienstedt, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and Archbishop Anthony Apuron. T…
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Saint Paul, MN – Today five brave survivors of clergy sexual abuse and cover-up – three emerging from their “John Doe” status and using their names for the first time – filed suit against the Vatican, charging nuisance and public endangerment, including allowing known offenders to continue public ministry through cover-up and reassignment. The lawsuit also demands the release of several thousand secret files on predator priests known to and protected by top Catholic officials including, but not limited to, Archbishop John Nienstedt, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, and Archbishop Anthony Apuron.
Transparency Demanded Revealing All Crimes and Secret Files
Our law firm is launching a bold action against the Vatican designed to disclose and disgorge all the names of all the offenders that only they know – thousands of offenders and the histories behind them, including offenders who are involved in cover-up and are still at large, such as Archbishop John Nienstedt, Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop Apuron and other top officials. It is also on behalf of five courageous survivors, three of whom have never been public because they were abused by Curtis Wehmeyer and concealed by Archbishop Nienstedt, who is still at large and given license to cont…
3 Wehmeyer Survivors Abused as Recently as 2012
to Speak Publicly for First Time
Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors Given More Time to Seek Justice, Healing
Releasing names of 300+ perpetrators accused of sexual misconduct in the New Jersey Diocese; and
New Jersey Bishops sued for maintaining public hazard in concealing the names and histories of known perpetrators.
Law Firms to Release Names of 300 Perpetrators Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the New Jersey DiocesesNew Jersey Bishops Sued for Maintaining a Public Hazard in Concealing the Names and Histories of Known Perpetrators
(Los Angeles, CA) – Notices of Appeal have been filed by Defendants The California Catholic Conference, Inc., The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, and The Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego seeking to overturn Honorable Michelle Williams Court’s April 17, 2019 order allowing a sexual abuse survivor’s nuisance lawsuit to proceed. This attempt to stifle the courageous action brought by Tom Emens, on behalf of children and survivors of abuse across the State, to eliminate the ongoing harm and threat of childhood sexual abuse by clerics is a blatant attempt to silence survivors and keep …
(Duluth, MN) – A settlement has been reached in the Diocese of Duluth bankruptcy case, which involves 125 claimants who were sexually abused as children by clergy and others in the Diocese.The Diocese and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (“Creditors Committee”), comprised of clergy sexual abuse survivors, have reached an agreement in principle toward a resolution of the bankruptcy. The settlement calls for payment of approximately $40 million to the 125 sexual abuse claimants. The Diocese will also be required to release secret files on 37 priests it has classified as credibly…
Boy Scouts of America sued for nuisance seeking release of nearly 3,000 hidden perpetrators.
New Jersey Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Survivor speaks publicly for the first time.
Boy Scouts of America Sued for Nuisance Seeking Release of Nearly 3,000 Hidden Perpetrators New Jersey Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse Survivor to Speak Publicly For The First Time Tuesday
Nuisance Action Seeks To Uncover What Bishops Knew About 600+ Clergy Accused of Child Sexual Abuse
Bishops Claimed Concealing Child Sexual Abuse and Protecting Predator Priests from Criminal Prosecution is Free Speech
(New York, NY) – The release of some names by Cardinal Timothy Dolan today, under pressure, is some progress and a step in the right direction, but clearly falls short of the necessary transparency. The release of only 120 names is a simple peek behind the clerical curtain that Dolan hides and hides offenders. We are very skeptical that only 120 names are being released in an Archdiocese of this size. Our history and knowledge of the practices in the Archdiocese of New York lead us to believe the number of names is twice to three times the size of the list of names released today. We consider …