Press Events

Dec 30, 2019: First Lawsuit Filed Against Diocese of San Bernardino Under New Child Victims Act

(Riverside, California) – Monday in Riverside, a courageous survivor and attorneys from Jeff Anderson & Associates will: Reveal and discuss the first lawsuit under the California Child Victims Act (AB 218) against the Diocese of San Bernardino and the Congregation of the Holy Spirit religious order for child sexual assault committed by Fr. Louis G. Perreault, C.S.Sp. during his assignment at Our Lady of the Valley in Hemet, California.

Dec 27, 2019: First of Six Sexual Abuse Survivors to Bring Lawsuit Against Archdiocese of Los Angeles and St. Francis High School Under Child Victims Act

Los Angeles, California – Friday in Los Angeles, on behalf of a courageous survivor, attorneys from Jeff Anderson & Associates will: Reveal and discuss the first of six lawsuits filed under the California Child Victims Act (AB 218) against Saint Francis High School (La Canada Flintridge, CA); the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles for child sexual assault by one of its religious order priests – Father Christopher Kearney O.F.M.Cap. – who was stationed at the school between 1970-1995

Dec 27, 2019: Mater Dei High School Named in Multiple Child Sexual Assault Lawsuits as Den of Child Abusers

(Orange, California) – Friday in Orange, courageous survivors of child sexual abuse at Mater Dei High School and attorneys from Jeff Anderson & Associates will: Reveal and discuss two lawsuits brought against Mater Dei, a prestigious private school in Santa Ana that was home to multiple child sexual assault offenders throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and the Diocese of Orange for the actions of known perpetrator Monsignor Michael Harris and its role in the institutional cover-up of child sexual assault. The lawsuits are being brought under the new California Child Victims Act (AB 218).

Dec 26, 2019: Jeff Anderson & Associates Launches Major Child Protection Initiative Under New California Child Victims Act Law

(California) – Jeff Anderson & Associates, a national law firm that represents survivors of child sexual abuse, is launching a major child protection initiative in California. At nine press conferences Friday, December 27, through Thursday, January 2, throughout California, attorneys from the firm, along with advocates and child sexual abuse survivors, will announce the filing of 12 clergy sexual abuse lawsuits in eight California dioceses under California’s historic new Child Victims Act (CVA).