November 15, 2024 Waters Kraus Paul & Siegel clients welcomed a landmark $880 million settlement that resolves more than 1,300 sex abuse lawsuits...
Category: Sex Abuse
The Catholic Church’s Efforts Fall Short in Addressing Clergy Sex Abuse
October 22, 2024 Efforts by Pope Francis to address global clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church have failed, according to victims and...
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
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
July 3, 2024 Sex trafficking has increased rapidly in recent years in the U.S. and worldwide, thanks in large part to modern technology...
Boy Scouts Bankruptcy and Sex Abuse Settlement Plan Rejected by Court
November 8, 2022 In February 2020, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as costs increased to defend itself...
Southern Baptist Leadership Mishandled Sex Abuse
August 2, 2022 After years of parishioner reports and a 2019 investigation by reporters at the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express, the...
Call for Swift Action to Pass EARN IT Act – Keep Kids Safe
June 7, 2022 A bill in Congress aimed at preventing online child exploitation is making its way through Congress as reports of explicit...
Adult-Survivors of Child Sex Abuse Raise Allegations in Several States
December 15, 2021 In March 2020, as states around the country issued stay-at-home orders in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers at the...
