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Media AdvisoryAugust 12, 2013
Newark News Conference Tuesday, August 13
Illinois family to speak out on current Newark Archbishop John J. Myers’ failure to protect their son from sexual abuse while working as Bishop in Peoria
St. Paul Attorney to announce $1.35 million settlement in the case and release Myers’ deposition
WHAT:  At a news conference on Tuesday in Newark, New Jersey, prominent clergy abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will:  • Announce the settlement of a child sexual abuse case for $1.35 million involving the Diocese of Peoria, former Peoria Bishop and current Arch…

At a news conference on Monday in Rochester, prominent sexual abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will announce the filing of the first civil lawsuit involving the Boy Scouts of America filed under the new Minnesota law eliminating the civil statute of limitations for children who are sexually abused and allowing a 3-year window for past victims of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their perpetrator and/or an institution that may have allowed the abuse. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of two former Boy Scouts Doe 8 and Doe 9, were members of Troop 210, will name the Boy Scouts of America, Gamehaven Council, Inc., St. Pius X Catholic Church, troop sponsor, and former troop leader and convicted child molester Richard Hokanson, as defendants.

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At a news conference on Wednesday in St. Paul, prominent clergy abuse attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will announce the filing of a pleading requesting a Ramsey County District
Judge to unseal a list of 33 credibly accused priests from court files. Introduce a Minnesota child sexual abuse survivor who will for the first
time reveal his identity and discuss his abuse, identifying his abuser
who has never been publicly named. Reveal confidential Archdiocesan communications pertaining to this
victim’s alleged perpetrator and complaints made by the victim’s parents
in 1966 about the priest examining their children’s sexual organs, and
how the Archdiocese failed to remove him from ministry, thus exposing
other children and communities to potential harm.

Media Advisory June 30, 2013  St. Paul News Conference Monday, July 1 Historic release of secret church documents and depositions detailing Vatican’s role in abuse cases Cardinal Dolan’s involvement in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s activities leading up to bankruptcy revealed Attorneys say documents kept secret in Minnesota contain similar evidence of calculated denial and delay to avoid legal accountability and scandal What:  At a news conference on Monday in St. Paul, prominent clergy abuse attorneys Jeff Anderson and Mike Finnegan will:  ·    &…

At a news conference on Wednesday in Duluth, prominent clergy abuse attorney Mike Finnegan will announce the first civil lawsuit to be filed in St. Louis County under a new Minnesota law signed by Governor Dayton last month eliminating the civil statute of limitations for children who were sexually abused and allowing a 3-year window for past victims of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits against their perpetrator and/or an institution that may have allowed the abuse. The lawsuit names the Diocese of Duluth as the defendant.

At a news conference on Monday in front of the Polk County courthouse in Crookston, followed by a press conference outside St. Philip’s School in Bemidji, clergy abuse attorneys Steve Anderson of Roseau and Jeff Anderson of St. Paul will announce the filing of a sexual abuse lawsuit on behalf of a Bemidji woman now in her 50s, naming the Diocese of Crookston, the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts and the Servants of the Paraclete, as defendants.

Media AdvisoryJune 12, 2013 Honolulu Press Conference Thursday Three more victims allege sexual abuse by Father Joseph Henry at St. Anthony Parish New lawsuit reveals Father Joseph Turk as alleged abuser at St. Philomena Parish Activist and survivor Andre Bisquera to speak of his own abuse and his role in urging Hawaii to pass window legislation What:  At a news conference on Thursday in Honolulu, sexual abuse survivor and activist Andre Bisquera and clergy abuse attorneys Ben Ignacio, Mark Gallagher and Jeff Anderson will:  • Announce the Thursday filing of three additio…

Media Advisory St. Cloud News Conference Wednesday Sexual abuse survivor to speak publicly about his abuse at St. John’s Preparatory School by Father Allen Tarlton Second civil suit to be filed under the Child Victims Act What:  At a news conference on Wednesday in St. Cloud, MN prominent clergy abuse attorney Jeff Anderson will: • Introduce the childhood sexual abuse survivor who is courageously brining suit against the Order of St. Benedict which includes St. John’s Abbey and St. John’s Preparatory School, along with Father Allen Tarlton, for abuse he endured while atten…