UCLA to Pay an Additional $374M to Settle Sex Abuse Claims Involving Gynecologist
The settlement brings the amount UCLA has paid out to settle the sex abuse claims to nearly $700 million.
The settlement brings the amount UCLA has paid out to settle the sex abuse claims to nearly $700 million.
The report found Southern Baptist clergy abuse problems were handled more to avoid legal liability than to seek justice for, or protect, victims.
More than 30 states have enacted similar extended statute of limitation laws for child sex abuse cases in recent years.
Agape Boarding School is still operating, with three of the five staffers facing abuse allegations still reportedly employed.
The priest, who died in 2000, appeared on a list of clergy credibly accused of child sex abuse in 2019.
The trustee expressed concerns about a $20,000 fee for victims who suffered the must severe incidents of Boy Scout sexual abuse to be able to pursue an increased payout
Thousands of women agreed to a previous class action settlement, but hundreds more women decided to pursue individual sexual abuse claims over gynecologist at UCLA.
Lawsuits claim the University received complaints for decades about Dr. Robert Anderson, but failed to take meaningful action.
Some representatives of child sexual abuse survivors say the payouts being proposed by the Boy Scouts is too low.
Parties on all sides overwhelmingly approved settlement agreement, which will allow USA Gymnastics to emerge from bankruptcy