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• Buffalo Diocese Clergy Abuse Lawsuits Accuse 230 Priests In Western New York

  August 27, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Hundreds of Catholic priests are named in child sexual abuse lawsuits filed in western New York over the last two years, according to a new report.

• Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Claims Tucson Was “Dumping Ground” For Predatory Catholic Priests

  April 6, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed in Arizona accuses the Archdiocese of Los Angeles of racketeering charges, claiming it shifted sexually predatory priests who abused children to Arizona to avoid the law.

• Lawsuit Accuses Connecticut Priest of Sexually Assaulting Altar Boy During Sister’s Wedding

  February 1, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A deceased priest and a the Roman Catholic diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, are the subject of a lawsuit alleging a nine-year-old altar boy was raped at his own sister's wedding.

• Lawsuit Claims North Carolina Priest Sexually Abused Boy In Church

  December 30, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A North Carolina man has filed a lawsuit against a North Carolina diocese and former priest, alleging he was abused and told it was part of confessional rituals.

• Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations Deadline To Be Considered By Pennsylvania Supreme Court

  October 22, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is considering a case which may decide when the statute of limitations is up on filing sexual abuse lawsuits against the Catholic Church in that state.

• Catholic Church Sex Abuse Lawsuit Claims Known Predatory Priest Was Allowed Access To Children

  October 6, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Navajo nation man claims a Catholic priest sexually abused him for several years, and that the church hid his behavior by transferring him from one assignment to another.

• Catholic Diocese in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Files For Bankruptcy Amid Mounting Sexual Abuse Claims

  February 25, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A Pennsylvania diocese has filed for bankruptcy in the face of growing costs linked to child sexual abuse lawsuits filed against it in recent years.

• Richmond Catholic Church Sex Abuse Settlement Fund Established By Diocese

  February 19, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia has established a settlement fund for victims of Catholic Church child sex abuse.

• Lawsuit Alleges Jesuit Priest Sexually Abused Boy 1,000 Times

  January 2, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed in California accuses a famed Jesuit priest of assaulting an assistant repeatedly as a child.

• Priests At California Catholic High School Abused Children For Decades: Report

  December 4, 2019

  Irvin Jackson

  A CNN special report details decades of abuse by priests belonging to the Salesian order at a California high school, and how those events were covered up until the children stepped forward as adults.