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U.S. Judge Asks Vatican To Serve Court Paper To Pope
Posted on 2 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MILWAUKEE - (AP) A federal U.S. judge is asking the Vatican to cooperate in serving the Pope and two other top officials with court papers that stem from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by a priest in Wisconsin. The request is an incremental and... Read More

Tags: Catholics , Cardinal Angelo Sodano , Vatican , Joseph Ratzinger , sex abuse , Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone , Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests , District Judge Rudolph Randa , SNAP , Milwaukee priest , pope , Litigation , sexual abuse by a priest , priests , lawsuit , Rev. Lawrence Murphy , Pope Benedict XVI

Philadelphia Diocese Faces New Priest Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Posted on 22 Mar 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PHILADELPHIA - (AP) The Archdiocese of Philadelphia was hit Monday with the fourth in a series of new lawsuits that blame church officials for failing to protect children from sexually abusive priests. The lawsuits mirror accusations made by city prosecutors... Read More

Tags: sexual abuse , church , Archdiocese of Philadelphia , Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua , Office of Child and Youth Protection , Catholic , Litigation , Maggie Marshall , Rigali , Karen Becker , priest abuse , Monsignor John E. Gillespie , priests , lawsuit , Our Lady of Calvary , Monsignor William Lynn

Vatican Pleased U.S. Plaintiffs Seek To Dismiss Lawsuit
Posted on 10 Aug 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

VATICAN CITY - (AP) The Vatican said Tuesday it was satisfied that three men who had sought to hold the Vatican liable in an American court for sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests have decided to abandon the case. The Kentucky case was being closely... Read More

Tags: sexual abuse , Vatican , Roman Catholic , Rev. Federico Lombardi , William McMurry , Litigation , priests , lawsuit , Oregon , clerical abuse , Wisconsin , Holy See , Vatican Radio , Kentucky

Man Sues Over Alleged Abuse By Catholic Priest
Posted on 30 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MIAMI – (AP) A Mississippi man who says he was molested by a Fort Myers priest when he sought after-school tutoring in the late 1960s has sued two Roman Catholic dioceses, claiming they actively concealed the sexual abuse. The lawsuit was filed... Read More

Tags: sexual abuse , Jimmy Wilkins , St. Francis Xavier School , Rev. Thomas Anglim , Catholic , Litigation , priests , lawsuit , Catholic church

Oregon Abuse Case Lawyers Want To Question Cardinals
Posted on 9 Sep 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. - (AP) Lawyers for a man who wants to hold the Vatican accountable for the priest who molested him in the 1960s asked a federal judge Wednesday to allow them to question top cardinals. The lawyers filed papers outlining requests for depositions... Read More

Tags: sexual abuse , Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , Cardinal Angelo Sodano , Vatican , Cardinal William Levada , Tarcisio Bertone , John V. Doe , pope , Rev. Andrew Ronan , Litigation , priests , lawsuit , Catholic church , cardinals , Pope Benedict XVI

Settlement In 26 Vermont Priest Sex Abuse Cases
Posted on 14 May 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

MONTPELIER, Vt. – (AP) Dozens of former altar boys who sued Vermont's Catholic church over allegations of sexual abuse by priests 30 years ago will share in a nearly $18 million settlement of their cases. The attorney for the 26 plaintiffs and... Read More

Tags: Jerome O’Neill , David Clohessy , Diocese of Burlington , sex abuse , Rev. Edward Paquette , Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests , SNAP , Christ the King Church in Burlington , Litigation , priests , lawsuit , Settlement , Catholic church

Lawsuits Filed Against Jesuits In Oregon Bankruptcy Court
Posted on 22 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

PORTLAND, Ore. - (AP) Attorneys representing a group of people who allege sexual abuse by Jesuit priests have filed 37 lawsuits in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland, seeking about $3.1 million. The Oregonian reports that the lawsuits f iled late Thursday... Read More

Tags: Montana , sexual abuse , lawsuits , Bankruptcy , Jesuits , Stang , Jesuit High School , Alaska , creditors , Idaho , Chapter 11 , Litigation , priests , Oregon , Washington , Gonzaga , Oregonian

California Church Documents Show Sex Abuse Allegations
Posted on 26 Oct 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN DIEGO - (AP) Attorneys for nearly 150 people who claim sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests made nearly 10,000 pages of previously sealed internal church documents public Sunday, revealing at least one previously unknown decades-old case in which... Read More

Tags: sexual abuse , Terry McKiernan , Rev. Luis Eugene de Francisco , Diocese of San Diego , Anthony DeMarco , Rev. Robert Nikliborc , Roman Catholic , Diocese of Cali , Gustavo Benson , Mexico , Rev. Anthony Rodrigue , Bishop Accountability.org , Archbishop of Tijuana , Diocese of Ensenada , Colombia , Bishop Charles F. Buddy , Catholic , Litigation , priests , lawsuit , Irwin Zalkin , Archdiocese of Los Angeles