A federal judge has approved a $16 million settlement brokered between sex-abuse victims and the New Rochelle-based Christian Brothers Institute.The settlement was first agreed to in May. Judge Robert Drain’s order on Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains means the settlement is now binding on all parties, including the Christian Brothers’ debtors, the group said in a statement.Abuse victims voted in recent weeks to unanimously approve the settlement, which was developed jointly by lawyers for the more than 400 victims, the Christian Brothers and the group’s debtors.“We apologize for…
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Churchgoers emerged from Mass at Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday wary of an impending release — announced by church leaders here — of documents detailing the sexual abuse of children at the hands of priests, but optimistic that the Catholic church could finally move beyond the past.Cardinal Francis George, the head of Chicago’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese, penned a letter distributed Sunday at Masses across the city and suburbs announcing the release of the documents. “The church struggles with the past but it’s a way of providing some healing people need,” said Andy Luther, 33, of Villa Park…
Details of sexual abuse by priests, along with information about church officials who may have covered up the abuse, will be turned over next week to attorneys suing the Archdiocese of Chicago and will be made public shortly afterward.Cardinal Francis George announced the move in a letter to priests that will be printed in church bulletins this Sunday.The church files, sought for nearly seven years by plaintiffs’ attorneys, will be handed over Jan. 15 under terms of a court settlement. But they will not become public for at least another week in order to remove victims’ information, according …
Last month the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona took an undeniably positive first step toward transparency when they released their lists of accused priests. This was the first public disclosure of the two lists, which together name 46 priests accused of sexual abuse of minors, since these lists were compiled in 2004. Following suit were St. John’s Abbey, the Diocese of Duluth, and the Diocese of St. Cloud, which each released their list of accused priests in the last month. While the need for transparency has been stressed by leaders from dioceses s…
Lawyers for a victim of clergy sexual abuse have asked Brown County Court Judge Robert Docherty to order the Diocese of New Ulm to release a list of priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse.
News ReleaseJanuary 5, 2014Hearing Monday at 10 AM in New Ulm Regarding Release of Secret List of Priests with Credible Allegations of Sexual Abuse Diocese of New Ulm denying survivor’s request to make public its list of accused priests; is one of two MN dioceses yet to release listWhat: Hearing on release of Diocese of New Ulm priests listWhen: Monday, January 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.Where: Brown County Courthouse, 14 South State Street, New Ulm, MN 56073, before the Honorable Judge Robert A. Docherty.Tomorrow at 10 a.m. in a Brown County courtroom, a courage…
Sexual abuse survivor Robert Ethen and his attorneys, Jeff Anderson and Mike Bryant, are calling for Bishop Donald Kettler to release the list of 26 priests in the St. Cloud diocese accused of sexual abuse.
On Friday, January 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM Ramsey County District Court Judge John Van de North will hold a hearing to address his previous order that called for the public release the names of priests with allegations of abuse which became known to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of Winona after 2004.
A Sartell man has asked a Stearns County court to order the Diocese of
Saint Cloud to release a list of 26 priests church officials say are
credibly accused of sexual abuse. Robert Ethen, 61, said he was abused in the mid-1960s by the Rev. James
Thoennes. Ethen said the abuse occurred when he was 13 years old, while
on an overnight trip with Thoennes to the home of the priest’s mother in
Sauk Centre.
Abuse survivor Robert Ethen will speak publically about his abuse in the mid-1960s by Father James A. Thoennes and the necessity of releasing the list of credibly accused priests in the St. Cloud diocese.
The release of the list of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors is a good first step for the Diocese of Duluth.We applaud the courageous survivors, including Michael DeRoche, for standing up and seeking the release of this list.While we are encouraged by this first step, for there to be true transparency, the Diocese must also release the secret documents that it has on each priest on the list. These documents will show what…
The Duluth Diocese will release the names of its priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse Tuesday, a spokesman said today.The announcement comes several weeks after a lawsuit was filed in State
District Court seeking the release of information on 17 priests. The
suit, filed Dec. 9 on the behalf of an anonymous victim, claimed that
the diocese was negligent in allowing abuse to continue and has created a
nuisance by not releasing the names of accused priests.
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said he will most likely appeal the Superior Court’s reversal Thursday of the conviction of Monsignor William Lynn.”I am disappointed and strongly disagree with the court’s decision,” Williams said in a statement. “While we are deciding what our next course of action will be, we most likely will be appealing this decision.”
PHILADELPHIA — A Roman Catholic church official who has been jailed for more than a year for his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints had his landmark conviction reversed and was ordered released Thursday.
Dr. David Van de Loo was named as a defendant in 14 additional civil suits filed Monday in Eau Claire County Court by former patients who accuse him of sexually abusing them during examinations.Until September 2012, the 61-year-old pediatrician practiced at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, named as one of three additional defendants in the lawsuits. The others are the Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund and ProAssurance Casualty Co., both based in Madison.