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…
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In 2013 the Minnesota legislature passed the Child Victims Act. Since then, hundreds of sexual abuse survivors have stepped out of the shadows of secrecy, silence and shame, to seek justice for the abuse they suffered as children. Because of the Child Victims Act, at least 200 sexual predators were exposed to the public, making our communities safer for our children. In July 2013, The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis released a list of 33 priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse. That list has more than doubled and now stands at 69 with more names to come. The Diocese of Duluth…
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…
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 Reveal Truth, Abuse Survivor Releases Investigative Report to the Public Investigative Report (New York, NY) – Longtime teacher, coach and athletic director, Louis Tambini, abused girls at a prominent Jesuit, Catholic School in New York City. The yearlong investigation conducted by lawyers and school officials concluded with a report confirming both the reports of abuse and a lack of response by church and school officials. The Report Findings:Investigation was sparked by a social media post on school Facebook page. Church and School officials protected Tambin…
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…
(New Ulm, MN) – Three sexual abuse survivors have identified three priests from the Diocese of New Ulm as child abusers. The priests, Fr. Bernard Steiner, Fr. Richard Gross and Fr. Edward Ardolf, are being publicly named for the first time. Fr. Bernard Steiner: Steiner was ordained in 1964 in the Diocese of New Ulm and worked in several parishes throughout Southern and West-Central Minnesota during his clerical career, including parishes and schools in Springfield, Sanborn, Dawson…
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…
At a news conference on Tuesday in St. Paul, attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant will announce the filing of two civil lawsuits naming St. John’s Abbey and Father Tom Andert as defendants. One of the survivors, sexually abused by Fr. Andert when he was 14 years old, will speak publicly using his name at tomorrow’s press conference. The second survivor, Doe 324, was sexually abused by Fr. Andert in approximately 1970-1971.
Diocese of St. Cloud’s Secrecy Practices Cracked By Two Stearns County JudgesJudge Frederick Grunke gives green light to survivor’s public nuisance action against the Diocese of St. Cloud Judge Kris Davick-Halfen orders release of priest files Doe 65 Order 4-1-16Doe 50 Order 3-29-16(St. Cloud, MN) – Judge Frederick Grunke’s order, issued April 1, 2016, says that the Diocese of St. Cloud’s long-standing practices of concealment and protection of sexual abusers created a dangerous condition that threatens public safety. Judge Grunke wrote in his order that the “harboring and …