Category: Child Sex Abuse

For Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors, Path to Justice Can be Elusive

For Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors, Path to Justice Can be Elusive

October 2, 2024 Survivors of clergy sex abuse find it nearly impossible to crawl out from under their painful memories. For some, like...

Los Angeles-area Schools Pay $1M-Plus to Resolve Sex Abuse Lawsuits

Los Angeles-area Schools Pay $1M-Plus to Resolve Sex Abuse Lawsuits

September 4, 2024 Two women who were sexually assaulted by their ninth-grade social studies teacher at a Los Angeles-area public middle school in...

Sex Traffickers Use Tech, the Internet to Lure, Exploit Victims

Sex Traffickers Use Tech, the Internet to Lure, Exploit Victims

July 3, 2024 Sex trafficking has increased rapidly in recent years in the U.S. and worldwide, thanks in large part to modern technology...

Another Catholic Diocese Files Bankruptcy as Sex Abuse Lawsuits Mount

Another Catholic Diocese Files Bankruptcy as Sex Abuse Lawsuits Mount

June 18, 2024 The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is the latest diocese to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy following a wave of civil lawsuits...

Sex Abuse Victims are Coming Forward and Making a Difference

Sex Abuse Victims are Coming Forward and Making a Difference

April 24, 2024 During National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, we salute victims of sexual abuse who are making a difference by bravely coming...

Maryland Catholic Diocese Probe Reveals Staggering Sex Abuse

Maryland Catholic Diocese Probe Reveals Staggering Sex Abuse

November 30, 2023 A long-awaited report by Maryland’s attorney general has uncovered more than 600 children molested over 80 years by 150 Catholic...

Report Uncovers Widespread Child Sex Abuse in Baltimore Archdiocese

Report Uncovers Widespread Child Sex Abuse in Baltimore Archdiocese

October 24, 2023 Hundreds of children were sexually abused by more than 150 different Catholic priests associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore, according...

Culver City School District Sex Assault Lawsuit Set for October Trial

Culver City School District Sex Assault Lawsuit Set for October Trial

September 6, 2023 Lawsuit: Ninth-grade teacher groomed and sexually assaulted female students in 1974 CULVER CITY, Calif. — The Culver City Unified School...

San Diego Diocese Hid Assets from Sex Abuse Victims, Lawsuit Claims

San Diego Diocese Hid Assets from Sex Abuse Victims, Lawsuit Claims

August 9, 2023 Across the country, the Catholic Church has faced staggering monetary judgments and settlements in litigation filed by victims of abuse...