Officials with the Los Angeles Archdiocese declined to comment on the terms of the settlement. But in a statement church officials noted that one of the accused priests was at a parish that was under the control of the Archdiocese…[Continue Reading...]
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 10, 2023 / 15:21 pm The Archdiocese of Philadelphia agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with a man who accused a now-deceased priest of raping him about 17 years ago and alleged that the archdiocese failed…[Continue Reading...]
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse will pay $100 million to survivors of child sexual abuse at the hands of the church’s clergy, religious leaders, lay employees and volunteers. The diocese — which filed for bankruptcy in June 2020 after…[Continue Reading...]
The Prosper DJ and his wife who orchestrated a “blessing loom” pyramid scheme that targeted the Black community have been ordered to pay $10.76 million and will be banned from operating multilevel marketing operations. The Texas attorney general’s office said…[Continue Reading...]
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Wednesday a $450,000 settlement in a lawsuit against a Texas-based company which his office and the Federal Trade Commission have accused of operating as an illegal pyramid scheme. The settlement in federal court places…[Continue Reading...]
A long-running defamation case sparked by the ABC journalist Steve Cannane’s 2016 book on Scientology has ended with a confidential settlement and an apology. Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia included a range of claims about…[Continue Reading...]
A court on June 13 ordered a German diocese to pay 300,000 euros ($323,000) in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s, a ruling that a victims' association said was…[Continue Reading...]
A proposed class-action lawsuit launched by sexual abuse survivors on Manitoulin Island has been discontinued after 29 victims reached individual settlements. The $100-million claim was filed against the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada, also known as the English Canada Province, as well as…[Continue Reading...]
INGLEWOOD — Just over a month after filing an amended complaint, a man has dropped his lawsuit against a Palos Verdes Estates psychic who he alleged had falsely promised him in 2021 that she could remove a curse put in…[Continue Reading...]
A Google contractor settled a lawsuit that claimed he suffered religious discrimination from a sect that had gained a foothold in Google’s workplace, The New York Times reported. The suit involved a worker in a business unit called Google Developer…[Continue Reading...]
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