By Corky Siemaszko and Alex Johnson NBC News The attorney for a California clergy abuse survivor accused the leaders of three San Francisco Bay Area dioceses on Tuesday of engaging in an “institutional cover-up of an enormous magnitude” and released a list of 263 local priests whom they branded sexual predators. The priests named in … Read more
LOS ANGELES (CA) Los Angeles Times Cardinal Roger M. Mahony on Monday apologized for the way the L.A. archdiocese dealt with priest child abuse claims after a new round of documents were released. “I am sorry,” Mahony’s statement concluded. – http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/cardinal-mahony-priest-abuse-details.html
Oregon recently passed a law that could make it easier to recognize sexual misconduct. The law, cited as a model, could stop abuse in its early stages. Recent changes in Oregon law were made because of the Sandusky case, officials said. Posted: Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:15 am | Updated: 4:46 pm, Sat Jun 2, 2012 by The … Read more
By Associated Press, Published: May 22 PHILADELPHIA — A priest assigned to help handle child sex-abuse complaints at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia told jurors Tuesday that Monsignor William Lynn was the only other person who could have created a typed list of suspected pedophile priests.Monsignor James Beisel’s testimony came as the defense began its case in … Read more
By Susan K. Livio/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON — New Jersey’s child abuse hotline has been flooded with phone calls since the Penn State sexual abuse scandal shocked the nation late last year, according to Children and Families Commissioner Allison Blake. The number of calls soared to as many as 750 a day in November, when a Pennsylvania grand … Read more
Priest’s guilty plea throws wrinkle into Philadelphia sexual abuse trial By Sarah Hoye, CNN updated 8:04 PM EDT, Mon April 23, 2012 Defrocked priest Edward Avery of the Philadelphia Archdiocese admitted to sexually assaulting an altar boy. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Defense, prosecution argue about which witnesses jurors should be allowed to hear James Brennan accused of … Read more
Lawmakers around the country are pushing to extend or waive their states’ statute of limitations, giving victims more time to sue their alleged abusers. But opponents, including the Catholic Church, argue that could unleash a torrent of lawsuits. http://www.npr.org/2012/01/03/144614948/states-reconsider-sex-abuse-statutes-of-limitation
Children’s Social Security numbers are 51 times more likely to be stolen than an adult’s according to research conducted by identity theft protection service AllClear ID and consulting group Carnegie Mellon Cylab. NEW YORK (MainStreet) — You may have taken adequate steps to ensure your identity doesn’t get stolen, but a report indicates it’s really … Read more
New study shows rise in child abuse could be linked to economic crash. A new study looks at child abuse cases before, during and after the economy’s 2007 crash, and found that abusive head injuries increased dramatically after the financial meltdown. https://eassurvey.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/child-abuse-increased-as-economy-crashed-study-shows/
BY VICKIE ALDOUS A Crater High School teacher accused of having sex with an underage student has entered not guilty pleas to 12 counts of second and third-degree sexual abuse. Jeffrey Robert Zundel, 52, entered the pleas Dec. 3. in Jackson County Circuit Court. On Thursday he was granted a travel permit to take a … Read more