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• Surge of Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits Overload Baltimore Court

  June 3, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Facing more than 1,250 child sexual abuse lawsuits, a Baltimore judge has placed litigation stemming from the Maryland Child Victims Act on hold while the court determines how to handle the deluge of claims.

• Roblox and Discord Face Lawsuit Alleging Online Platforms Led to a Child’s Sexual Exploitation

  May 5, 2025

  Michael Adams

  A Florida woman alleges that, while she was still a minor, an adult used the online platforms Roblox and Discord to groom her and coerce her into sharing explicit images of herself.

• Child Sexual Abuse Survivors To Receive $150M in Payouts From Buffalo Diocese

  April 24, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The Buffalo Diocese has declared it will pay $150 million to child sexual abuse survivors as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

• JPML Declines to Consolidate Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sexual Assault Lawsuits

  April 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges has decided that all child sexual abuse lawsuits against the Mormon church will proceed as individual claims, without centralized discovery or pretrial proceedings, since each of the cases are too varied to benefit from consolidation.

• Former Baltimore Area Priest Arrested for Child Sex Abuse

  April 7, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Former priest arrested on multiple child sexual abuse charges regarding incidents 30 years ago when he worked at a Baltimore-area Catholic School.

• Damage Caps on Maryland Child Victims Act Lawsuits Sought As State Faces 4,500 Sexual Abuse Claims

  April 4, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  With the state of Maryland facing at least 4,500 child sexual abuse lawsuits, some lawmakers are now attempting to pass legislation that would cap the amount of damages survivors can recover.

• Illinois Juvenile Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Continue To Mount, Highlighting Systemic Pattern of Misconduct at Detention Facilities

  February 20, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Another 133 former inmates of the Illinois juvenile detention system say they suffered horrific child sexual abuse at the hands of state employees, bringing the total number of claims to about 800.

• MDL Sought for Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Against Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

  February 17, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Some plaintiffs are asking a panel of federal judges to consolidate all child sex abuse lawsuits filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints before one California federal judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Maryland Childhood Sexual Abuse Lawsuits Cleared To Move Forward by State Supreme Court

  February 4, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The Maryland Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Maryland Child Victims Act, which removed the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse lawsuits in the state.

• Judge Allows Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Shuttered Agape Christian Boarding School To Proceed

  January 28, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawsuit alleges that years of sexual and physical abuse at Agape Boarding School in Missouri as a minor caused a former student to commit suicide years later.