A New Jersey Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $180 million to settle clergy sexual abuse claims involving hundreds of survivors, closing a long and contentious chapter in New Jersey’s reckoning with church abuse. Bishop Joseph Williams, who serves the…[Continue Reading...]
After almost six years, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse is paying survivors of clergy sexual abuse $176 million and will exit bankruptcy. A judge approved the final decree that will lead to payments from a Victims Trust Fund that…[Continue Reading...]
A pastor at Bethel Church has been placed on leave after allegations of sexual assault surfaced in a YouTube video. In a February 15 statement, leaders of the charismatic megachurch said they had become aware of a video “containing serious…[Continue Reading...]
Finding victims of abuse in evangelical contexts requires understanding some of the specific characteristics of these faith communities. This analysis is the focus of Lina Fernanda Montoya Alzate, a psychologist specialising in trauma who works as a university lecturer in…[Continue Reading...]
The Louisiana Pentecostal pastor who repeatedly molested a teenage girl told her that her “world would turn upside down” if she ever reported his crimes, she said in a statement on Wednesday in a suburban New Orleans court. Milton Otto…[Continue Reading...]
A man accused of molesting a disabled boy whom he met while working as a Roman Catholic priest in New Orleans has been indicted on child rape charges, according to authorities. Grand jurors seated in New Orleans’ state criminal courthouse…[Continue Reading...]
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — At the end of January, several civil lawsuits were filed against multiple churches in the city of Little Rock. In all three, the plaintiffs ask for a trial by jury. The first, filed Jan. 26, claims…[Continue Reading...]
The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Monday. The settlement follows years of negotiations and includes policies intended to prevent…[Continue Reading...]
The Archdiocese of Chicago faces new accusations and three lawsuits accusing the Catholic church of keeping two priests in the ministry for decades, despite warnings and complaints of sexual abuse of children. The lawsuits claim the Archdiocese kept reassigning Fr.…[Continue Reading...]
An Assemblies of God pastor from a small central California community has been arrested following an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl, according to The Roys Report. Assembly of God Pastor Faces 14 Felony Charges Authorities…[Continue Reading...]
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