Family Sue Catholic Church Title: Victorian court allows abused altar boy’s children and wife to sue Catholic church Author: Christopher Knaus Publisher: The Guardian Date: 05JAN2023 Unique case may set precedent as family alleges church’s failings caused man’s violence in later life. A Victorian court has paved the way for the children and wife of
Charitable immunity under law Title: A long wait for a trial just got shorter for a former altar boy who survived clergy abuse Author: Larry Parnass Publisher: The Berkshire Eagle Date: 20SEP2021 SPRINGFIELD — A 69-year-old plaintiff shouldn’t be kept waiting. After hearing that plea from an attorney, a Springfield judge ruled last week that the
Altar Boy Danny Croteau Title: DA: ‘Significant development’ in 1972 slaying of altar boy Danny Croteau to close case Author: Ray Kelly Publisher: MassLive News Date: 24MAY2021 SPRINGFIELD — Forty-nine years after 13-year-old altar boy Danny Croteau was left for dead on the banks of the Chicopee River, investigators appear ready to close the book
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
Investigate Father Walsh Death Title: ‘The Altar Boys’ launches amid renewed calls for answers Author: Rebecca Riddle Publisher: NewcastleWeekly Date: 20AUG2020 The launch of an explosive new book in Newcastle has marked the start of fresh calls for a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of whistle-blowing Hunter priest, Father Glen Walsh.Two dozen
Altar Boys Clergy Abuse Title: The Altar Boys: new questions about suicides of clergy abuse survivors should spark another inquiry Author: Kathleen McPhillips Publisher: The Conversation Date: 28AUG2020 Investigative journalist Suzie Smith’s new book The Altar Boys is a searing read that raises new questions about the suicides of three former victims of Catholic clergy
Theodore McCarrick Altar Boys Title: Former altar boy alleges sexual misconduct by McCarrick in lawsuit Author: Ted Sherman Publisher: NJ Advance Media Date: 17AUG2020 Geoffrey Downs walked away from the Catholic Church nearly 40 years ago. He never told anyone about what led to that split. Now he says he wants everyone to know. In
Philadelphia Francis Trauger Guilty Title: Ex-Philly priest pleads guilty to decades-old sex assaults of altar boys Author: Vinny Vella The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Publisher: Herald-Mail Media Date: 08JUL2020 PHILADELPHIA — After decades of dodging allegations of abusing children, a disgraced former Catholic priest pleaded guilty Wednesday to molesting two altar boys in Bucks County decades
Church sexual abuse Indonesia Title: Cops nab Indonesian church worker for molesting altar boys Author: Ryan Dagur Publisher: Herald Malaysia Date: 19JUN2020 A church worker in Indonesia has been charged with sexually abusing at least 20 altar boys in what is being touted as the first sexual abuse case involving the country’s Catholic Church to