Bertram Adderley Clergy Abuse Title: Catholic Church makes record payout in child sex abuse case Author: Heather McNeill Publisher: The Age Date: 21JAN2021 The Catholic Church has made what is believed to be its highest ever payout to a victim of sexual abuse after church lawyers forced a 52-year-old man to give harrowing evidence in
Buffalo Diocese secret files Title: Trove of Buffalo Diocese abuse records turned over to victims in bankruptcy court Author: Jay Tokasz Publisher: The Buffalo News Date: 10Jan2021 Lawyers and survivors of childhood sexual abuse are reviewing more than 25,000 pages of internal Buffalo Diocese documents relating to clergy abuse, diocesan finances and personnel files. Diocese
Glen Walsh Heavy Price Title: Most viewed posts 2020: Father Glen Walsh paid a heavy price (Sep 9, 2020) Author: Chris Geraghty Publisher: John Menadue – Pearls and Irritations Date: 07JAN2021 The revelations never end about priests and brothers, of monsignors and bishops with their secret sexual lives, masturbating, buggerizing, sodomizing and raping boys and
Fall River Clergy Abuse Title: Fall River Diocese releases names of clergy accused of abuse Author: Amanda Hoskins Publisher: turnto10.com, NBC 10 News, 10 WJAR Date: 08JAN2021 Some of the records and accusations date back 70 years, with most cases involving conduct that happened between the 1960s and 1980, according to a release from the
Archbishop Paul Etienne Stonewalling Title: Seattle archbishop is stonewalling push for more transparency of church sex-abuse cases, group contends Author: Lewis Kamb Publisher: Seattle Times Date: 02JAN2021 Their ranks include ex-federal prosecutors, a retired judge, a one-time assistant police chief, even a former priest. But a group of prominent Catholics say they still can’t get
McCarrick Report Sick Church Title: McCarrick report shows a church infected with unchecked clericalism Author: Lisa Fullam Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 29DEC2020 The Vatican’s report on defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick revealed sexual abuse of adults and minors by a Catholic cleric and its cover-up by church officials — more of the same pattern we’ve
Diocese of Brooklyn lawsuit Title: Insurance company sues Diocese of Brooklyn over sex abuse cases alleging it knew of prolific abuser Author: Sean Lahman Publisher: Democrat & Chronicle Date: 30DEC2020 An insurance company representing the Diocese of Brooklyn says it should not be responsible for paying settlements to victims who say they were sexually abused
Warragul priest Daniel Hourigan Title: Church’s appeal loss paves way for abuse survivors to sue Authors: Adam Cooper and Tom Cowie Publisher: The Age Date: 18DEC2020 The Catholic Church has failed in its appeal over a compensation payout to a sexual abuse survivor, and now faces the prospect of being sued by hundreds of other
George Brignac New Orleans Title: Monster in our midst: How pedophile New Orleans clergyman stayed near prey Authors: Ramon Antonio Vargas and David Hammer Publisher: NOLA.com Date: 16DEC2020 It was 1953, and George Brignac was fresh out of high school when he joined the regional chapter of the Christian Brothers. He spent seven years with
Ambitious Brazen Untouchable McCarrick Title: McCarrick report shows former cardinal’s character: ambitious, brazen, untouchable Author: Fr. Peter Daly Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Date: 08DEC2020 Seventeen! That’s the most shocking number in the Vatican’s 449-page report on ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. McCarrick appears to have molested 17 “postpubescent boys or young men” over the course of his