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Arrest at Camp Caldera for Sexual Abuse: What Families Need to Know
Law enforcement in Jefferson County, Oregon, arrested a Portland man on Thursday in connection with alleged sexual misconduct while working at Camp...
Former Daycare Worker Sentenced to 14 Years for Sexual Abuse of Children at Salmon Creek Day Care Center
Former Daycare Worker Sentenced to 14 Years Jamil Holbrook, a former daycare employee at a Salmon Creek child care center (Children’s Village...
Mormon Church Faces $25M Lawsuit for Failing to Report Child Sexual Abuse in Oregon & Washington
Crew Janci Stands with Survivors in Holding Institutions Accountable A new lawsuit filed in federal court alleges that The Church of Jesus...
BREAKING NEWS: Crew Janci LLP Obtains Record $3.5 Million Public School Settlement for Oregon Sexual Abuse Survivor
BREAKING NEWS In a landmark development that reverberated through Oregon’s legal landscape, justice prevailed for one survivor of sexual abuse in the...
Arizona Child Sexual Abuse Case: Father Raped 5 Year Old Daughter
In 2010, a father told his bishop that he was raping his five-year-old daughter. The perpetrator, who was a member of the...
Foster Care in Oregon: A Step Towards Ending the Practice of “Hoteling”
Oregon’s most vulnerable children are being removed from their homes despite too few foster placements to adequately meet their needs. Given these...
Sex Abuse and the Abuse of Power: Former Oregon Prison Nurse Convicted of Sexual Abuse
In a case highlighting the abuse of power against vulnerable individuals, the conviction of Tony Klein, a former Oregon prison nurse, has...
Overcoming Section 230 Immunity
Since Congress passed the Communications Decency Act (CDA) in 1996, courts have interpreted Section 230 of the CDA as providing internet companies...
Addressing the Legal Gaps in Deepfake Pornography Cases
With the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and technological advances, there are more ways to harm others. Deepfake media, derived from combining...
Proposed Legislation Addressing the Dangers of Deepfake Technology
As the use of deepfake technology has rapidly advanced, federal legislation has lagged. Since the first deepfake in 2017, technology is a...
SB: 964: Making It a Crime for Health Professionals to Commit Sexual Crimes
On May 25, 2023, Oregon lawmakers unanimously passed Senate Bill 974 (SB 974) which makes it a crime for health professionals to...
HB 3456: Legislative Push Against Sexual Violence on College Campuses
Sexual violence is a grave issue that impacts millions of Americans every year and has earned the disheartening title of a “silent-violent...
Negligent Security Lawsuit: Woman Sues Portland’s Only Psychiatric Emergency Facility
On March 28, 2023, the victim of a violent attack at Unity Center for Behavioral Health filed a civil lawsuit in Portland,...
New York’s One-Year Window is Now Open for Adult Survivors
In the State of New York, victims of child sex abuse have been able to seek recourse under the Child Victims Act....
How a Mormon Abuse Hot Line May Have Helped to Cover-Up Years of Sexual Abuse
When Bishop Herrod reported Adams’ abuse of his daughter, he was informed that the state’s “clergy-penitent privilege” required him to keep the...
Investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention Sexual Abuse Cover-Up
America's largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention protected abusers and ignored accusations of abuse in its churches.
Crew Janci LLP Files Lawsuit Alleging Private School Kicked Student Out After Sexual Abuse by Coach.
Crew Janci LLP Files Lawsuit Alleging Private School Kicked Student Out After Sexual Abuse by Coach.
New Arkansas Law Gives Abuse Survivors Access to Justice
Crew Janci LLP is proud to be teaming up with our long-time collaborators at Green & Gillispie in Little Rock to continue...
York Country Day School Teacher Stephen Henise Abused Minor Student
WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, PA – Stephen Henise, 26, a former York Country Day School teacher was recently sentenced to 23 years of prison...
Baltimore Sexual Abuse Case: Details about the sexual predator, Dr. Martin Meloy
According to an investigative report commissioned by the Gilman School in Baltimore, two former employees have been accused of sexually abusing...
Lawsuit: Mormon Church Ignored Warning Signs and Criminal Conviction of Youth Leader Sexually Abusing Children; Seeks Release of All Church’s “Red Flag” Records and Punitive Damages
February 23, 2021, EUGENE, OREGON – News highlight: After conviction for sex abuse, Mormon Church allowed perpetrator to continue as youth leader....
Crew Janci Emerges as a Leader Helping Abuse Survivors, As Boy Scout Bankruptcy Deadline Approaches, Over 82,000 Men, Women and Children File Sexual Abuse Claims
November 15, 2020 PORTLAND, OR – On Monday, November 16th at 5:00PM Eastern Time, the deadline for submission of claims will expire...
New York Governor Extends The Child Victims Act Lookback Window Deadline to August 14, 2021
On Monday, August 3, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation (S7082/A9036) which extended the Child Victims Act’s look back window...
June 17, 2020: New Lawsuit: Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon. Kicked Student Out After Sexual Abuse by Coach. Crew Janci Representing the Victim
June 17, 2020: New Lawsuit Alleges Private School Kicked Student Out After Sexual Abuse by Coach. Oregon’s elite Catlin Gabel school has...
Six New Sex Abuse Suits Filed Against Boy Scouts’ Montana Council; Attorneys Say “Hundreds” More Could Follow
The national organization of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as the organization faces hundreds of lawsuits...
New Lawsuit: Four Victims Sue Catlin Gabel School for Sexual Abuse by Teachers; Former Prosecutor Says School Has “Less than Cooperative” History with Police
January 29, 2019, PORTLAND, OR, New Lawsuit: Four Victims Sue Catlin Gabel School for Sexual Abuse by Teachers;Former Prosecutor Says School Has...
UPDATE: Elite Portland Private School Catlin Gabel Releases Investigation Outlining Decades of Sexual Abuse
An internal investigation commissioned by the board of trustees at the Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon has found 21 former employees...
New Lawsuit: School District Kept Teacher Found “Guilty” of Sexually Harassing Students; Then Ignored Warning Signs as He Abused Student for Months in 2018
New Lawsuit: School District Kept Teacher Found “Guilty” of Sexually Harassing Students; Then Ignored Warning Signs as He Abused Student for Months...
New Lawsuit Alleges Prominent Southern Oregon Church Failed to Protect Minor from Sexual Abuse
The suit, filed in Jackson County Circuit Court, alleges that then 23-year-old Navy seaman Jacob Durrett sexually abused the girl on multiple...
California Sends Assembly Bill 218 to Governor Extending Period Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors Can Pursue Claims
The California State legislature has passed the long-overdue Assembly Bill 218. Once signed by the Governor, the bill will greatly extend California’s...
Former Driving Instructer & Mormon Bishop Arrested; Charged With Multiple Counts Of Sexual Abuse Of Students
Crew Janci LLP is investigating allegations of misconduct involving Robert J. Kelly in Scouting. Anyone with information about Kelly or abuse in...
State of Montana Removes 27 Children from Adolescent Treatment Program, “Ranch for Kids,” Amidst Evidence of Prolonged Abuse Against Residents; Could Be First of Many Treatment Centers Shut Down
State of Montana Removes 27 Children from Adolescent Treatment Program, “Ranch for Kids,” Amidst Evidence of Prolonged Abuse Against Residents; Could Be...
Crew Janci Success: Archdiocese of Portland to pay nearly $4 million for Sexual Abuse by Priest
Crew Janci LLP is currently representing victims of sexual abuse by Staten Island Scout Leader Bill Fox. Contact Crew Janci for any...
Catholic Order Quietly Releases Names of 21 Oregon Clergy Credibly Accused of Abuse
Last Friday, the Catholic religious order known as the Franciscans posted information on their website showing the names of 50 clergy members...
IMPORTANT UPDATE: New Jersey Governor Signs Law Helping Survivors of Abuse
One of the most “egregious” cases, according to recent media reports, involves Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, California where a...
New Lawsuit Filed by Crew Janci LLP Alleges Oregon School District Ignored Warning Signs about Staff Member Convicted of Sexually Abusing Students in 2017
A lawsuit was filed by a former Dufur High School student alleging that the Dufur School District was negligent in failing to...
Southern Baptist Church Crisis: Newspaper Publishes Online Sex Abuse Database
The Houston Chronicle, a newspaper involved in the investigation of sexual abuse cases within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), has published a...
Indian Health Service Doctor Stanley Patrick Weber Due To Return To Trial Following 18 Years Sentence For Child Sexual Abuse
Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber, a former pediatrician for the Indian Health Service, is set to stand trial for the second time following...
Former Missouri Scout Leader Charged With Sexually Abusing 7 Children
According to reports in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and multiple other media outlets, former Cub Scouts leader Matthew C Baker, 49,...
Sunset High School Coach Convicted of Sexually Abusing a 16-Year-Old Girl
PORTLAND, OR – Former Sunset High School track coach, Branden Michael Helms, was sentenced to 13 months in prison on January 18th...
Dr. Reginald Archibald Accused for Child Sexual Abuse: 150 Potential Victims
According to the Times article, Dr. Archibald kept records on 9,000 patients who visited him or other doctors at the hospital. As...
ELITE PORTLAND PRIVATE SCHOOL CATLIN GABEL ANNOUNCES ABUSE INQUIRY
The Catlin Gabel School announced in an open letter to alumni that it had received “reports about sexual misconduct by a former...
Bloomfield (NJ) High School Teacher and Coach Sentenced to 7 Years Prison for Sexual Abuse of Multiple Students.
Leo Donaldson — a former teacher and track coach at Bloomfield High School in Essex County, New Jersey — has been sentenced...
Sunset High School track coach accused of luring girl, 16
Article from The Oregonian. A Sunset High School track coach was arrested and accused of luring a 16-year-old girl and having a relationship...
New Lawsuit Alleges Lincoln City Negligent in Allowing Sex Abuse By Youth Sports Coach
Lincoln City, Oregon: Crew Janci LLP represents the victims of newly filed sex abuse lawsuit alleging Lincoln City negligent in allowing sex...
Reports of Abuse at the Prestigious McCallie School
The McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN is one of the latest private boarding schools to disclose allegations of sexual abuse by a...
Portland Public Schools Failed to Protect Students from Predatory Teachers
A scathing report published last week describes the failure of Portland Public Schools (PPS) in Portland School District to keep its students...
Deputies: Lake Oswego bus driver arrested on child pornography charges
Article from KPTV.com. LAKE OSWEGO, OR – A Lake Oswego school district bus driver has been arrested on child pornography charges on Tuesday....
Cardinal George Pell will face trial on sex-offense charges
Article from The Washington Post. SYDNEY — Cardinal George Pell was ordered by an Australian magistrate to face trial over sexual abuse allegations,...
The LDS Church’s New Guidelines on Abuse Fall Short
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced last week that it had updated its guidelines on preventing and responding to...
ADVENTIST CHURCH SUED FOR “PASSING TRASH”: Victim of Sex Abuse Sues, Alleges Church Changed Perpetrator’s Title and Abuse Continued
March 30, 2018 Portland, Oregon – A new child sexual abuse lawsuit was filed today in Portland, Oregon against the Seventh-day Adventist...
Saginaw Church Records, Computers Seized In Probe Of Abuse Allegations
Article from Cruxnow.com. SAGINAW, Michigan – The news that law enforcement authorities served the Saginaw Diocese with a search warrant March 22...
Former Church Instructor Arrested For Child Sex Assault; McKinney Police Urge Parents To Speak With Children In Suspect’s Care
Article from McKinney Courier-Gazette. McKinney police arrested 22-year-old Noel Anderson Friday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child after Anderson...
Christopher Rosario, Bend Ex-Massage Therapist Pleads No Contest to Sex Abuse
Article from KTVZ.com. BEND, Ore. – Two years after a worker at Bend’s Massage Envy was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting three...
Juan C. Avendano: East Aurora Elementary School Teacher Charged With Child Sex Abuse
Article from ABC7Chicago. AURORA, Ill. – Kane County prosecutors have charged an East Aurora School District 131 teacher with sexual abuse and...
Former Oregon Teacher Pleads Guilty To 9 Sex Abuse Charges
Article from KEZI.com. SALEM, OR – A former Salem-Keizer teacher has pleaded guilty to nine child sexual abuse charges. The Statesman Journal...
Corvallis Public Works Employee Arrested on 42 Counts of Sexual Abuse
Article from Corvallis Gazette-Times. A city of Corvallis Public Works employee was booked into the Benton County Jail on Monday on 42...
Former Teaching Aide Sentenced to Prison For Abusing Students in Oregon City Pool
In February of 2016 CrewJanci.com posted about, James McGlothlin, a former Oregon City School District teaching aide who was charged with producing...
Accused child molester volunteered with Boy Scouts, Big Brothers Big Sisters in St. Louis
Article from St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO – A man charged last week with sexually abusing children and possession of child...
Sex Trafficking: DHS takes efforts to help foster kids that fall victim
Article from KPTV.com. PORTLAND, OR – The Oregon Department of Human Services is ramping up efforts to help foster kids who are victims...
Wisconsin inmate sentenced in Portland sex crimes
Article from KOIN.com. PORTLAND, Ore. – Multnomah County prosecutors have resolved their first case connected to the Portland Police Bureau’s Sexual Assault Kit...
MEDFORD, OR: Daycare owner, Andrew Joseph Conaway arrested for sexually abusing children
Article from KPTV.com. MEDFORD, OR (KPTV) –A daycare owner in Medford was arrested on sex abuse charges involving children who were in...
After Defending, Pope Francis Sends a Sexual Crime Investigator to Chile
Pope Francis caused an uproar last month when he visited Chile and vigorously defended Chilean Bishop Juan Barros, who has been accused...
Former YMCA camp counselor gets 3 1/2 years for assaulting teen girl
Article from the Statesman Journal. A Monmouth man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl...
Ex-teacher accused of sex abuse
Article from The Dalles Chronicle. Robert Weems, 42, a former substitute teacher in School District 21 and a former track and wrestling...
Mother testifies in suit against Mormon Church
Article from The Journal. MARTINSBURG, WV — The civil case alleging members of the Mormon Church had covered up sexual abuse by...
Larry Nassar Sexual Abuse: 140 Victims Are Now Suing Nassar, USA Gymnastics & MSU
It was a striking scene of devastating pain and yet also of solidarity and strength—the scores of brave women who showed up...
Man sentenced to 81 years in prison for child sex abuse in Washington Co.
Article from KPTV.com. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OR – A man was sentenced to 81 years in prison for child sex abuse in Washington County....
Will this be the year state gets law to help kids report sex abuse?
Article from KOMONews.com. OLYMPIA, Wash. — A survivor of childhood sexual abuse hopes the third time is the charm in trying to...
NEW SCOUT SEX ABUSE LAWSUIT: Child Victim Abused in 2017 – Scoutmaster Investigated Twice Before – Convicted for Abusing 10 Kids
January 25, 2018 Portland, Oregon – A new lawsuit was filed today in Multnomah County Circuit Court against the Boy Scouts of America...
Jury finds former Astoria high school wrestling coach guilty of sex crimes
Article from KCBY.com. ASTORIA, Ore. – A former Astoria High School wrestling coach was found guilty of first-degree sex abuse and first-degree...
Prineville man sentenced to 54 years in abuse case
Article from KTVZ.com. PRINEVILLE, Ore. – A Crook County judge sentenced a 38-year-old Prineville man to more than 54 years in prison Thursday...
NEW CATHOLIC ABUSE LAWSUIT: Three Men Sue Archdiocese of Portland for Sex Abuse by Unreported Priest
January 10, 2018 Portland, OR — The Archdiocese of Portland was sued today by three men who allege they were sexually abused...
Navy Recruiter Arrested For Molesting Teen: Sheriff
Sean Kelly, 27, is accused of sexually abusing a Clackamas County high school girl while he worked as a US Navy recruiter...
Victims’ Attorneys Investigating Oregon Boy Scout Leader Sentenced to 23 Years Prison for Sex Abuse
LEBANON, OR – An Oregon Boy Scouts of America leader was sentenced today to 282 months — more than 23 years —...
Ann Kuroki, Idaho Basketball Coach Arrested For Having Sex With Teen Student
Article from International Business Times. A female basketball coach from Gooding, Idaho, was arrested Friday for indulging in sexual activity with a...
Police: Roseburg attorney arrested, charged with multiple sex crimes
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg attorney faces accusations he repeatedly raped a teenage girl has been arrested and charged with multiple sex...
Beaverton police: Man arrested for sexually abusing girls; more victims possible
Article from KPTV.com. BEAVERTON, OR – A man was arrested for sexually abusing girls and detectives believe there may be additional victims, according...
Senior volunteer accused of abusing 2 kids at southern Oregon school
Article from KGW.com. MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A former classroom volunteer charged with sexually abusing a kindergarten student in southern Oregon has...
Quran instructor arrested, accused of sexually abusing girls in Tigard
Article from KATU.com. TIGARD, Ore. – A Corvallis man who taught private Quran lessons has been arrested for sex abuse. Muhammad L....
Six Mormon families suing LDS church over alleged cover up of child sexual abuse
Article from KATU.com. SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) – A group of families are suing the LDS church, alleging it covered up child...
LDS church responds to questions about interviews with children, sexual topics
Article from KUTV.com. SALT LAKE CITY — An online movement, including a petition, asking the LDS church to change its practice of interviewing...
Local elementary school volunteer arrested for sexual abuse
Article from KOBI5.com. WHITE CITY, Ore. – A local elementary school volunteer was arrested for sexually contacting a kindergartener at a White...
NEW LAWSUIT: Local Fire Department Sued for Sexual Abuse of Young Girl in Junior Firefighter Program
Corvallis, Oregon – A new lawsuit filed today in Corvallis, Oregon alleges that a local Fire Department negligently allowed the sexual abuse of...
Lewd suspect enters plea
Article from BonnerCountyDailyBee.com. SANDPOINT, IDAHO — A convicted child molester charged with sexually abusing a Bonner County boy over an extended period...
3 Massage Envy therapists accused of sex assault in Oregon since 2012
Article from KGW.com. A national investigation into sex abuse allegations at the massage spa chain sheds light on alleged assaults at Oregon...
Victor Vieth opens up on USA swimming sexual abuse review
Article from SwimSwam. Nearly four years after Gunderson Health published its 125-page report on the USA Swimming SafeSport program, Victor Vieth, Executive Director of the Gunderson...
Priest accused of sex abuse now Newport psychologist
Article from The Providence Journal. Rev. Christopher Cunningham, facing 2 civil lawsuits, practices at Seaside Psychological Services on Bellevue Avenue. He was...
290 coaches, officials tied to U.S. Olympic groups have been accused of sexual misconduct since 1982
Article from the Chicago Tribune. As the number of women accusing former Olympic gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar of sexual assault has...
Sheriff: Underage sex sting leads to arrests of nine men in Clackamas County
Article from kptv.com. CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR – Nine men who showed up at a Clackamas County location looking to have sexual contact...
FBI arrests Portland man for soliciting photos, videos from girls
Article from KGW.com. PORTLAND, Ore. – The FBI arrested a Portland man who is accused of using an app to convince at...
Ex-members say church uses power, lies to keep grip on kids
Article from msn.com. SPINDALE, North Carolina — As a court-appointed advocate for two foster boys, it was Nancy Burnette’s job to ensure...
Taekwondo instructor arrested for sex abuse, detectives seek more victims
Article from KPTV.com. BEAVERTON, OR – Detectives are searching for more victims after a Beaverton man was arrested on charges of sex...
Woodburn man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting child
Article from Statesman Journal. A Woodburn man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to sodomizing a girl...
How School Districts Can Protect Students In Wake Of Teacher Serial Sex Abuse Case
Article from NewsOne.com. Maryland prosecutors doubled the number of students allegedly assaulted by an HIV positive ex-teacher to 42. A particularly shocking...
Australian filmmaker gets 10-year sentence for sexually abusing boys, some of whom he met as a Mormon leader
Article from The Salt Lake Tribune Darran Scott, 53, directed ‘Spirit of the Game,’ about LDS missionaries playing basketball in Australia. An...
UPDATE: New Information Breaking About Prior Complaints Regarding Sexually Abusive Oregon Teacher Norman Scott
A former 36-year veteran teacher with the Portland Public Schools, Norman Scott, now 66, was found guilty last week of sexually abusing...
Day care suspended after two infant deaths in two years
Article from The Oregonian. Portland police are investigating the Oct. 6 death of a 10-month-old boy found unresponsive at a Northeast Portland...
Substitute gym teacher found guilty of abusing 6 girls over one day
Article from The Oregonian. A retired Portland Public Schools teacher was found guilty Friday of sexually touching six Oregon City middle school...
McKayla Maroney Says Dr. Larry Nassar Molested Her in #MeToo Post
Article from NBCNews.com. Olympic gold-medal gymnast McKayla Maroney said Wednesday that she was repeatedly molested by Dr. Larry Nassar, who is accused...
Former Fresno Adventist Academy teacher arrested on child molestation charges
Article from abc30.com. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A former Fresno teacher is now in police custody in Florida. He is believed to...
Sheriff: Basketball coach in Beaverton arrested for sexually abusing girl; more victims possible
Article from KPTV.com. BEAVERTON, OR – A basketball coach in Beaverton is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl, and detectives believe...
Former Virginia youth softball coach arrested on 34 sexual assault charges
Article from WTKR.com. CULPEPER, Va. – A woman from Stanley, Virginia has been arrested on 34 charges related to sexual assaults in...
Florida school district blamed third-graders who were molested
Article from msn.com. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For a dozen years, the Palm Beach County School District insisted that four third-grade girls...
Portland teacher indicted, accused of touching students
Article from KGW.com PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland middle school science teacher has been indicted on harassment charges that accuse him of...
LAWSUIT: Three Portland Men File $21 Million Lawsuit Against Boy Scouts for Allowing Abuse by “Pied Piper” Scout Leader
Portland, Oregon– Three former Portland Boy Scouts filed a $21 million lawsuit today against the Boy Scouts of America and its local...
Scout volunteer indicted on 6 sex abuse felonies involving 10-year-old boy
Article from AL.com. A cub scout volunteer has been indicted on six felony charges in the reported sex abuse of a young...
Ex-school aide sentenced to 100 years for child sex abuse
Article from Fox News. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. – A former elementary school aide and volunteer in a suburb of Washington, D.C., has...
Sixth Hamilton High Student Files Sexual Assault Claim, Staff Reassigned
Article from Campus Safety Magazine. Six lawsuits have been filed against the Chandler United School District, claiming officials knew of sexual abuse...
Milton-Freewater man charged with 50 counts of sex crimes
Judge sets bail at $2.5 million MILTON-FREEWATER — Jeffrey Allen Pierce of Milton-Freewater pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to 50 counts of...
Trial begins for Philomath man accused of sexually abusing child
Article from the Corvallis Gazette-Times. A six-day jury trial begins today for a Philomath man accused of sexually abusing a child over...
Benton City child pornographer sentenced to 20 years
Article from the Tri-City Herald. A Benton City man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography...
Former Silverton nurse sentenced to 8 years for raping, abusing woman
Article from The Statesman Journal. For the second time in less than 18 months, Christopher Gerig appeared in Marion County court accused of rape...
Former Boy Scout claims troop leader sexually abused him for years
Article from MyCentralOregon.com (NEW YORK) — Chris was an 11-year-old Boy Scout in New Jersey when he says his life became consumed...
A hockey pro dies, and coach he said raped him is free
Article from The Boston Globe. His father was far away on that chilly April afternoon, so 3-year-old Cullen Gove reached out to...
Paramilitary sect’s land holding eyed in child abuse case
Article from ABC News. Leaders of a paramilitary religious sect rocked by child sexual abuse allegations say they were merely a small,...
Nervous about legal action, schools aren’t implementing sex abuse prevention law in Tennessee
Article from the Tennessean. In response to growing concerns about child sexual abuse, Tennessee lawmakers enacted a law encouraging schools to provide...
6 students to share $660K settlement reached in teacher upskirting case
Article from NJ.com. Six students who filed federal lawsuits after their teacher was accused of shooting upskirt videos of them have reached...
Oregon Man Gets 10-Year-Sentence for Collecting Child Porn
Article from USNews.com. EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Oregon man to 10 years in prison for possessing images...
St. Helens man arrested for child sex abuse
Article from KWG.com. ST. HELENS, Ore. — A young girl provided a tip to police that led to the arrest of a...
Protesters Rally Outside New Jersey Courthouse After Newly Ordained Roman Catholic Priest Charged With Groping Girl
Article from NBC New York. Members of a non-profit charity that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families demonstrated outside a...
Man gets 30 years in prison for raping, sodomizing teen girl he met online
Article from KATU. ASTORIA, Ore. — A 50-year-old Washington man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for sodomizing and...
Mormon high priest Darran Page admits 21 child sex offences
Article from the Herald Sun. AUSTRALIA – A DEPRAVED movie director who was a high priest in the Mormon church when he...
Washington Co. officials searching for high-risk sex offender
Article from KPTV. HILLSBORO, OR – Corrections officials in Washington County are searching for a Hillsboro man they describe as a “high-risk...
Teacher’s Aide with HIV Now Facing 119 Sex-Abuse Charges
The former aide was originally thought to have abused 10 students; that number has now more than doubled to include 24 students....
Prestigious prep school facing additional sexual abuse charges
Article from New York Post. ANDOVER, Mass. — A prestigious Massachusetts boarding school says an investigation found additional instances of alleged sexual...
New Lawsuit Alleges West Linn High School Ignored Warning Signs About Teacher Convicted of Sexually Abusing Students In 2015
July 27, 2017 Oregon City, OR – A $6 million lawsuit was filed by two former West Linn High School students today...
FBI asks for help finding man accused in decades-old Clackamas County molestation case
Article from The Oregonian. The FBI is asking for help finding a sexual assault suspect who’s been on the lam for almost...
Teacher charged with sexually abusing second student
Article from The Register-Guard. SALEM — A Salem-Keizer teacher arrested in June on sexual abuse charges involving a student is facing additional...
Salem man arrested on child porn, online corruption of a child charges
Article from the Statesman Journal. A Salem man is being held on $140,000 bail on child porn and online sexual corruption of...
Government ‘denying sexually abused children compensation’
Article from The Guardian. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority refused payments to almost 700 children on grounds they gave consent, say charities. Sexually...
Oregon City man sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing child
Article from KPTV. OREGON CITY, OR – An Oregon City man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for sexually abusing a...
Lawyer: Detective Too Burned Out to Probe Child Abuse Cases
A former Oregon detective has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for failing to investigate reports of child abuse, behavior his lawyer said...
Off-duty bouncer stabbed woman at least 20 times after leaving Portland bar, records show
Article from The Oregonian. An off-duty bouncer last week stabbed a woman at least 20 times after they left the Southeast Portland...
80 count indictment accuses men of abuse against children
Randall Jacob Henrichs and Trevor Anthony Standfill are accused of the crimes Article from KOIN. PORTLAND, Ore. — An 80-count indictment has...
Police: North Plains chiropractor wanted for sex crimes arrested at Canadian border
Article from KPTV. HILLSBORO, OR – A local chiropractor accused of sex crimes will soon be brought back to Oregon after he...
Eugene district employee accused of sexually abusing a minor
Article from The Register-Guard. He worked at Madison Middle; the victim was not a student A part-time Eugene School District employee is...
Oregon man, 61, indicted on rape, sex abuse charges
Article from The Register-Guard. NEWPORT — An Oregon man has been indicted on charges he sexually abused two girls, one from when...
N.Y. senator who leads breakaway group of Dems agrees to amend proposal helping child sex abuse victims
ALBANY — The head of a breakaway group of state Senate Democrats is amending his proposal to help child sex abuse victims...
Parents allege sex abuse at Conestoga, seek principal’s ouster
Article from philly.com. Alleging that administrators tolerated an environment at Conestoga High School in which their children were sexually assaulted repeatedly by...
Former Teacher/Coach Enters Plea In Sex Abuse Case
Article from KIWAradio.com. Sibley, Iowa — A former Sibley-Ocheyedan teacher and coach, who is charged with felony sex abuse in an incident...
Gwinnett teacher charged with sexually assaulting student granted bond
Article from AJC.com. Derren Justin Evans was granted $25,000 bond Thursday morning over the objections of the high school freshman he’s accused...
LDS Church denies wrongdoing in Idaho Boy Scout sex abuse lawsuit
Article from FOX13. SALT LAKE CITY – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is denying wrongdoing in an ongoing lawsuit...
Florence couple gets 40-plus years in prison for sexual abuse
Article from The Oregonian. A Florence woman and her husband have each been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for...
Pennsylvania man found guilty of child sexual assault of six sisters
Article from WHBL.com. A Pennsylvania man was convicted of multiple counts of child sex abuse on Tuesday for sexually assaulting six sisters...
Member of the media files $7 million lawsuit against Boy Scouts for alleged abuse
Article from The Oregonian. A former Portland Boy Scout who grew up to become a member of the national media — and...
NEW SCOUT SEX ABUSE LAWSUIT: Member of Media Reporting on Boy Scout Abuse “Devastated” by Secret Files, Compelled to Take Action About His Own Abuse
June 5, 2017 Portland, OR – A member of the media who was asked to report on sexual abuse in Scouting has...
Well-Known Portland Indie Rock Videographer Indicted for Rape, Kidnapping, Child Porn, Sexual Abuse
Article from Willamette Week. The founder of Into the Woods has had pictures published in every major publication in Portland. Photographer and...
IndyStar investigation leads to U.S. House passing sexual abuse legislation
Article from INDYSTAR. The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would require Olympic national governing bodies such as...
Louisville Police Officer Under Investigation for Sex Abuse
Article from USNews.com. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A fourth Louisville Metro Police Department officer has been tied to a child sex abuse...
Abuse survivors rip Boy Scouts for hiring ex-state senator to lobby against Child Victims Act
Article from NY Daily News. ALBANY — The Boy Scouts of America has hired a former state senator to lobby against legislation...
15 years after Boston investigation, still work to do with clergy abuse
Article from The Columbus Dispatch. Fifteen years after an investigation exposed widespread child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic church, critics say...
Doctor, nurses charged in California with child sexual abuse
Article from AZFamily.com. WATSONVILLE, Calif. (AP) — California authorities say a brain surgeon and two nurses have been charged in a child...
St. Paul’s School Acknowledges Decades of Sexual Misconduct
Article from The New York Times. There was an English teacher, the investigators said, who groped a student and had a sexual...
Bad behavior: 5 teachers accused of sexual misbehavior in past 30 days
Article from 11alive.com. One teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student for a year and a half. Another is...
Pope Francis: Vatican had 2,000 sex abuse cases backlog, sluggishness complaints justified
Article from RT.com. The Vatican had a backlog of 2,000 cases while processing allegations of sex abuse by priests, Pope Francis has...
Ex-scout chief Norman Thompson jailed for abusing boys
Article from BBC.com. A former scout master who sexually abused seven boys who saw him as a role model has been jailed...
Death of Johnstown man, 31, claims a voice for abuse survivors
Article from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Just over a year ago in a Hollidaysburg courtroom, Corey Leech took the stand and, in a poised...
‘Bad nun’ accused of helping priests sexually abuse deaf children in Argentina
Catholic nun Kosaka Kumiko is escorted out of a police station to attend a court hearing in Mendoza, Argentina. (Andres Larrovere/Diario Los...
Tigard-Tualatin bus driver accused of sexually abusing student
Article from The Oregonian. A bus driver for the Tigard-Tualatin School District is accused of sexually abusing a developmentally disabled child on...
York gathers to form child sexual assault awareness campaign
Article from SeacoastOnline.com YORK, Maine – Jean Browne had been sexually abused at 5, and as a teenager, was a victim of...
Enid woman charged with sexting two local teens
Article from The Norman Transcript. ENID — An Enid woman, 46, was arraigned Thursday on a felony charge accusing her of sending...
Tulsa man charged with child sexual abuse
Article from KTUL. TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A Tulsa man is facing charges of child sexual abuse. Christopher Baxter, 22, is charged...
Haverhill man charged with sexually abusing child
Multistate investigation leads to arrest Article from Eagle Tribune. HAVERHILL — A local man faces charges that he sexually abused a female...
Oregon Child Molestation Suspect Arrested at San Ysidro Border Crossing
Article from Times of San Diego. A suspect in a burglary and child-molestation case out of the Pacific Northwest was in custody...
Broken Arrow police arrest former law officer on child sexual abuse complaints
Article from Tulsa World. Broken Arrow police have arrested a former Tulsa police officer on eight complaints of child sexual abuse. Noel...
Former N.H. legislator alleges abuse at Phillips Academy Andover
Article from The Boston Globe. A former New Hampshire state representative on Friday filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a teacher at...
Math teacher at middle school in Pikesville charged with sexually abusing female student
Article from The Baltimore Sun. A Baltimore County middle school teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a minor after police said...
Former Nashville Boy Scouts leader pleads guilty to sexual battery charges
Article from Fox17. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Nashville Boy Scouts leader has pleaded guilty to sexual battery charges. Darrell Fisher pled guilty...
City of Eugene parking enforcement officer sentenced to 25 years in sex abuse case
Article from The Register-Guard. A Eugene man will serve 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl for about eight years....
New molestation allegations surface against former Boy Scouts leader
Article from Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Decades-old allegations of sexual abuse have surfaced against a former Gainesville scoutmaster who has already confessed to molesting...
Hogan signs bill giving sexual abuse victims longer to file suits, ending a delegate’s quest
Article from The Baltimore Sun. Two years ago Del. C.T. Wilson stood before a Senate committee weighing a bill to give people...
Sandy man, a registered sex offender held on child pornography allegations, could face more federal charges
Article from The Oregonian. Larry Lewis Hudson, a 44-year-old Sandy man and registered sex offender, made his first appearance in federal court...
Man found guilty of traveling with child into Oregon for sex abuse gets 25 years in prison
Article from The Oregonian. A 41-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for traveling with a girl across state lines...
Marion County man sentenced to 22.5 years for sex abuse, child porn
Article from the Statesman Journal. A Marion County man was sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison after he pleaded...
Former students sue principal for $20 million, alleging sexual abuse in his office
Article from The Oregonian. Two former Damascus elementary school students are suing the Gresham-Barlow School District and their former elementary school principal...
Two Men File New Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Boy Scouts; Suit Names New Oregon Predator
Two Men File New Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Boy Scouts; Suit Names New Oregon Predator March 22, 2016 Portland, OR — Two...
Lincoln City sports coach investigated for sexual abuse
Article from The Oregonian. A 22-year-old man known in the Lincoln City area as a coach of youth basketball, football and baseball...
Woman sexually abused by her father to cycle 500km in support of child sex victims
Article from The Canberra Times. When one seven-year-old sought comfort from her father after a bad dream, reality became far worse than the...
Boy Scouts of America leader accused of sexually abusing child in Oregon
LEBANON, Ore. — A Lebanon, Oregon area Boy Scouts of America leader has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing a minor....
Priest took photos of boys’ sexual abuse, 26th Guam clergy lawsuit alleges
Article from USA Today. HAGATNA, Guam — One of two additional clergy sex abuse lawsuits filed Wednesday said a now-deceased priest kept...
Fort Collins teacher accused of child sex assault pleads guilty
Article from the Coloradoan. The Fort Collins teacher charged with child sex assault has entered an amended guilty plea and will be sentenced...
Part of Explorer probe handed off by LMPD
Article from courier-journal Commonwealth’s Attorney Tom Wine said Saturday the Louisville Metro police department’s Public Integrity Unit last month provided his office with...
OR mental health worker arrested in child porn case
Article from KOIN 6. Kent S. Hill, 54, of Corvallis faces multiple child abuse charges PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Benton County...
Victims, Roman Catholic Church spar over NY sex abuse bill
Article from StarTribune. ALBANY, N.Y. — New York legislation to relax one of the nation’s most restrictive statutes of limitations on child...
Overbrook church, sex offender named in sexual abuse lawsuit
Article from cjonline.com. Case to be reviewed in Osage County District Court on Monday An Overbrook church is being sued for allegedly...
Volunteer officer, Boy Scout troop leader charged with raping boy
Article from CBSNews.com OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio — An Ohio volunteer auxiliary police officer who is also a Boy Scouts of America troop...
Deputies: Man broke into home, sexually assaulted 9-year-old girl while she was asleep
Article from KATU. CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — A woman told KATU News her 9-year-old daughter sound asleep in her room when a stranger...
Grammy-Award Winning Portland Jazz Musician and Educator Charged With Sex Abuse
Article from Willamette Week. The Grammy-award winning jazz musician and educator Thara Memory was indicted by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office...
Warrenton man accused of sexually abusing teenage boy
Article from KATU. CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. — A 24-year-old Warrenton man is accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy who he got to...
Grants Pass pastor arrested on sex abuse charges
Article from KTVL. GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Grants Pass authorities have arrested a Grants Pass man following allegations of sexual abuse. Michael...
Oregon band teacher arrested again in child sex abuse case
Article from KATU. EUGENE, Ore. — A middle school band teacher in western Oregon has been arrested for the second time this...
Catholic church claims ‘seismic shift’ after child sexual abuse scandals
Article from The Guardian. Church says standards body will mean better accountability, consistency and public transparency on its dealing with children The...
Danish man charged with ordering the sexual abuse of 346 children
Article from Independent. It is thought to be world’s biggest case of on-demand sexual assaults committed over the internet A Danish man has...
Union Local High School Teacher Faces Criminal Sexual Abuse Charge
Article from The Intelligencer. BELMONT — The Belmont County Prosecutor’s Office released more information Friday about allegations of inappropriate conduct against a...
Former Boston priest pleads not guilty to Maine sex abuse charges
Article from Portland Press Herald. Ronald Paquin, who was a key figure in the Boston Catholic Church scandal, is charged with 29...
Oregon City man convicted of sexually abusing Corvallis girl
Article from Corvallis Gazette-Times A 61-year-old Oregon City man was sentenced Thursday to 41 months in prison for having a sexual relationship...
White City Metals owner indicted on sex abuse charges
Article from MailTribune. The owner of White City Metals was indicted Wednesday on multiple sex abuse charges for allegedly having sexual contact...
UAH professor arrested on child sexual abuse charges
Article from WAFF.com HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) – Madison police arrested a UAH professor on two counts of sexual abuse of a child...
Former Alhambra girls’ basketball coach is sentenced to five years in prison for sexual abuse
Article from Los Angeles Times. Joseph Alan Kikuchi, 57, a former girls’ basketball coach at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, has...
Portland man sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexually abusing child
Article from KPTV. PORTLAND, OR – A Portland man was convicted of sexually abusing a 4-year-old child and sentenced to eight years...
Catholic school teacher faces sex abuse charges
Article from WBALTV. Robert Bonner turns himself into police Wednesday MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — A Catholic school teacher is facing sex abuse...
Former Beaverton nurse pleads guilty to charges including third-degree sex abuse
Article from KPTV. BEAVERTON, OR – A former nurse in Beaverton pleaded guilty to charges including third-degree sex abuse Monday. Alex Woolner,...
Springfield teacher put on leave, faces charges of sexual abuse, luring a minor
Article from The Register-Guard Matthew Woodford is the Thurston Middle School band teacher, the school district said SPRINGFIELD — A teacher at...
Oregon teacher charged with sexual abuse of minor at a YMCA camp
Article from IdahoNews.com SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A second-grade teacher in Oregon has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a teenage...
Sex with middle-schooler cost teacher $28K in blackmail payments, DISD police say
Article from Dallas News A Dallas ISD student got a middle school teacher to pay him nearly $28,000 by threatening to expose their...
5th Navajo sues Mormon church for alleged sexual abuse
Article from Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — A fifth person has filed a lawsuit against the LDS Church accusing religious officials...
Ex-Mount Olive teacher gets probation for fondling teen
Article from Daily Record MORRISTOWN – Retired Mount Olive Middle School physical education teacher Maria Patamia, who admitted in December that she...
LAWSUIT: National Boys and Girls Club Sued in Oregon for Rape of Seven-Year-Old Disabled Girl at Local Club
LAWSUIT: National Boys and Girls Club Sued in Oregon for Rape of Seven-Year-Old Disabled Girl at Local Club; Lawyers to Seek All...
‘Portland’s Resistance’ co-leader charged with sex abuse
Article from KOIN 6 PORTLAND, Ore. – A 23-year-old registered sex offender, who has participated in several recent protests as a leader...
Michigan lawmakers seek to remove statute of limitations on child sexual abuse
Article from WLNS.com LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Michigan lawmakers are looking to make it easier to pursue those who have sexually abused...
Indiana man wanted in 1999 child molestation case arrested after nearly 2 decades on the run
Article from Fox 59 JACKSON COUNTY, Ind. – An accused child molester on the run for more than 16 years is finally...
St. Helens man arrested after police find drunk teen in back seat
Article from South County Spotlight A known St. Helens sex offender was arrested earlier this month after police found a drunk teen...
Teacher from Bloomfield Sentenced to Prison for Sexual Assault of Minor Females
Article from TAP into Nutley MONTVILLE, NJ – Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp and Chief Rudolph Appelmann of the Montville Township Police...
High School Teacher Arrested for Child Sexual Abuse
Article from Lawyer Herald A Hilldale high school teacher has been allegedly arrested for sexually abusing a child and providing marijuana to...
Proposed bill would make changes to child sexual abuse lawsuits
Article from KRQE.com ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A state lawmaker doesn’t think there should be a statute of limitations on child sexual...
Deputy never reported suspected abuse by Crawfordsville teacher
Article from INDYSTAR CRAWFORDSVILLE — A high school coach told an acquaintance in 2014 that he had been dating one of his tennis players....
Athletic director reveals years of shame after molestation in hopes of helping others
Article from The Charlotte Observer FRESNO, Calif. — In a residential treatment facility last month, 44 years of anxiety, guilt and shame...
Oregon teacher sentenced for sex abuse of student
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — A Dallas, Oregon high school teacher has pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of a 17-year-old student. The...
Victims of sexual abuse, lawmakers rally in support of Child Victims Act
Article from News 10 ABC ALBANY, N.Y. — At the Capitol Wednesday, victims of sexual abuse and lawmakers gathered to support a...
Schools, report sexual misconduct: Our view
Article from USA Today After high school football coach Kip McFarlin was accused of using sexually suggestive language to students and telling...
Former Salem-Keizer teacher faces child sex abuse charges
Article from Statesman Journal A former Salem-Keizer teacher is in jail for violating a release agreement on child sex abuse charges by attending...
Nonprofit to open Bend preschool for child abuse victims
Article from The Bulletin $448,000 grant will fund the preschool for three years A new grant will give MountainStar Family Relief Nursery...
Lawsuit: Archdiocese still pays Brouillard
Article from Pacific Daily News. A lawsuit alleges that the Archdiocese of Agana still sends regular retirement payments to former Guam priest...
No discipline for judge who sentenced ex-Stanford swimmer to 6 months for sex assault
Article from The Oregonian. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge was cleared of misconduct Monday for sentencing a former Stanford University...
Report details widespread sexual abuse at USA Gymnastics facilities
Article from The Guardian. At least 368 gymnasts in the United States have alleged some form of sexual abuse over the past...
LAWSUIT: Vanceburg Christian Church Sued for Pastor’s Sexual Abuse of Young Boy in 2010
* * * For Immediate Release * * * December 12, 2016 Vanceburg, Kentucky– A teenage male filed a civil lawsuit today...
Solving the legacy of indigenous sexual abuse: think globally, act nationally
Article from ctvnews.ca Fred Kejick Thomas remembers the exact day — April 14, 2005 — when he confronted the uncle who had...
Former Ashland pastor faces sex-abuse charges
Article from MailTribune.com A former Ashland youth pastor is facing felony sex-abuse charges for alleged contact over at least five years with...
Eugene man, 21, accused of raping disabled man
Article from The Register-Guard A 21-year-old Eugene man is accused of raping a disabled man at the victim’s Eugene home. Jacob Timothy...
Turkey Withdraws Bill That Eased Penalties On Child Sexual Abuse
Article from NPR Turkey has tabled a controversial measure by the ruling party that would have allowed some sexual abusers of children...
Lawsuit: Boy Scouts failed to weed out abuser before he molested York County Scouts
Article from DailyPress.com A Texas man who lodged sexual abuse allegations against two Boy Scout leaders in the 1980s is suing the...
Hood River deputy accused of child sex abuse
Article from KATU.com HOOD RIVER, Ore. — A Hood River Sheriff’s deputy is accused of sexually abusing a girl who is under 18...
Scout leader pleads guilty to abusing troop member
Article from LocalNews8.com WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) – A Boy Scout leader accused of molesting a member of his troop has pleaded...
Hope’s Place teaches sexual abuse awareness
Article from The Daily Independent ASHLAND, KY — Mark Cole is passionate about his work at Hope’s Place Children’s Advocacy Center. Cole,...
Navajo Nation Has Jurisdiction in Mormon Sex Abuse Case, Judge Rules
Article from Indian Country Today Media Network.com On Wednesday, a federal judge in Salt Lake City ruled that the Navajo Nation has...
83-year-old arrested for multiple counts of child sexual abuse
Article from KUTV.com Salt Lake City — An 83-year-old registered sex offender living in Roy was arrested Thursday after he admitted to...
Ex-Boy Scout sues BSA, says Scoutmaster molested him
Article from Albuquerque Journal A former Boy Scout now in his late 40s says he was sexually abused by his Scoutmaster at...
Yakima bishop gets pushback on possible committee appointment
Article from YakimaHerald.com Bishop Joseph Tyson of the Yakima Catholic Diocese is one of two bishops nominated to head the Committee on...
Ex-Teacher Admits Sex Abuse At Prestigious NYC-Area School
Article from WIBX950. CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has accepted a revised plea deal for a former drama teacher at a...
Coach molested five teen boys: No contest plea to sex abuse, lewd act
Article from MyNewsLA.com A former volunteer football coach at a Highland Park high school pleaded no contest Thursday to sex-related charges involving...
Illinois abuse victim’s lawsuit against ex-U.S. House speaker to proceed
Article from KGFO. CHICAGO (Reuters) – A sexual abuse victim will continue to try to collect $1.8 million from former U.S. House...
LDS Church Should Apologize for Indian Placement Program
Article from The Daily Utah Chronicle The Book of Mormon. You’ve probably heard of it. A holy book that contains the official...
Penn State fined record $2.4 million for handling of Sandusky abuse claims
Article from The Christian Science Monitor Pennsylvania State University faces a $2.4 million fine for mishandling complaints of sexual abuse. The federal...
Priests don’t have to report sexual abuse, Louisiana Supreme Court rules
Article from SunHerald Baton Rouge, La. A priest has no duty to report confidential information heard during a sacramental confession, the Louisiana...
Former preschool teacher confesses to sexual abuse of three young girls at Indianapolis day care
Article from WTHR INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – A former preschool teacher faces multiple charges of child molestation for what IMPD Child Abuse detectives...
New child abuse suits filed against Catholic Church in Guam
Article from Fox News HAGATNA, Guam – The latest on allegations of child sex abuse in Guam’s Catholic Church (all times local):...
Father of alleged victim in sexual abuse case speaks to 14 News
Article from Wave3 News MUHLENBERG CO., KY (WFIE) – Jesse Graham, 48-years-old, is charged with two counts of sodomy and two counts...
Melville Day Camp Worker Sexually Abused Boys, Had ‘Massive’ Child Porn Collection: DA
Article from Half Hallow Hills Patch The man participated in disturbing photography and videography featuring young boys, the DA said. An employee...
Oregon man accused of abusing teens after ‘modeling’ photo shoot
Article from KATU EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – A Florence man is accused of sexually abusing his girlfriend’s teenage grandchildren after offering them...
NY cardinal’s new compensation program for victims will keep sex abuse hidden
Article from National Catholic Reporter Cardinal Timothy Dolan is trying something new. After years of successfully opposing legislation that would give New...
Oregon prison guard accused of custodial sexual misconduct
Article from KVAL WILSONVILLE, Ore. – A male corrections officer at a prison primarily for women faces multiple counts of sexual misconduct,...
Children’s Home Society: “Appalled” over sexual abuse allegations
Article from mypanhandle.com PANAMA CITY, Fla. The Children’s Home Society of Florida responded to allegations over its group home director having an...
Benton County Sheriff’s Office arrests Oregon City man on sex abuse charges
A 61-year-old Oregon City man has been arrested in connection with having a sexual relationship with a female minor from Corvallis. Donald...
Don Lemon Brings Up His Own Sexual Abuse To Tell Trump Supporter He’s Insulted By Her Comments
Article from Independent Journal Review Ever since the release of the behind-the-scenes “Access Hollywood” tape that showed Donald Trump bragging crudely about...
Man held on $6.5M bail for sex crimes against 5 girls
Article from KOIN6 News. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A 54-year-old man is being held on $6.5 million bail after being indicted by...
Prep school says at least 2 students were molested by former teacher
Article from NJ.com A Morristown prep school has alerted alumni that at least two former students now say they were molested by...
Settlement Reached in Federal Lawsuit Involving Diocese in India
Article from KSTP ABCNews A settlement has been reached that prevents a priest convicted of sexual abuse from returning to the ministry....
More women accuse nursing assistant of ‘unwanted sexual contact,’ official says
Article from The Oregonian A certified nursing assistant already charged with raping an elderly patient is facing additional accusations of “unwanted sexual contact,” an official...
Square dance caller pleads not guilty to child sex abuse charges
Article from The Oregonian A square dance caller pleaded not guilty Monday to child sex abuse charges, according to police and court...
St. Vincent nursing assistant charged with rape
He has been charged with rape and unlawful sexual penetration Article from KOIN 6. A nursing assistant at Providence St. Vincent Medical...
Dallas teacher being investigated on sex abuse charges
Article from The Oregonian A high school teacher in northwestern Oregon has been arrested on sexual abuse charges after being accused of...
Hood River Sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually abusing child out on bond
Article from KATU.com A Hood River County Sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually abusing a child has been released from jail after posting...
Portland musician apologizes for sexual assault on Facebook, prompts response from other survivor
Article from deathandtaxes by Jamie Peck Earlier this week, a viral story erupted when a musician in Portland, Oregon, confessed to, and apologized...
Former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy says sex abuse turned him into ‘a zombie’
Article from CTVNews Sheldon Kennedy says being sexually abused for years by his junior hockey coach Graham James turned him from a...
Third lawsuit filed against Baptist church, youth pastor convicted of sex abuse
Article from AL.com A third lawsuit has been filed by someone claiming to be a victim of Jeff Eddie, the convicted child...
Georgia judge to unseal USA Gymnastics sex abuse records
Article from IndyStar A Georgia judge ruled on Monday that sexual abuse complaint files compiled by USA Gymnastics should be released to the...
Former Abilene church day care teacher accused of sexual assault of child no show at trial
Article from Abilene Reporter-News Former Abilene church day care teacher accused of sexual assault of child no show at trial A warrant...
Catholic Church Groups Fight Bills To Revive Old Sex Abuse Cases
Interview from NPR It’s important to say right upfront that this isn’t a story about pedophile priests. Bridie Farrell is Roman Catholic,...
Man sentenced for sexually abusing children at Lane County nudist resort
Article from The Register-Guard A 68-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison for groping two young children at a...
Former substitute teacher, Scout leader sentenced in child porn case
He had more than 2,000 photos of minors Article from The Columbian A former substitute teacher and Boy Scout leader charged in...
Student who fathered teacher’s baby receives $6-million abuse settlement from Redlands schools
Article from LA Times A former student who fathered a child with a onetime Redlands schoolteacher convicted of having sex with him and two other...
U.S. Judo Gold Medalist Uses Platform to Help Sexual Abuse Survivors
Article from PJ Media Last week, Olympian Kayla Harrison won the first gold medal for the United States in judo. But Harrison’s...
Oregon City teacher indicted for sexual abuse
Article from KOIN6 The alleged inappropriate touching happened in October 2015 A substitute teacher in Oregon City has been indicted for sexual abuse and...
Sexual predators left off list of banned USA Gymnastics coaches
Article from IndyStar USA Gymnastics touts a list of coaches it has banned as a key safeguard to warn gym owners and parents about...
Former students sue Colton coach and youth sports for $11.5 million
Article from the Portland Tribune Two former Colton students who claim they were sexually abused as children by a Colton coach filed...
Convicted sex offender charged with new offenses that occurred while living unregistered
Article from Billings Gazette A man convicted of sexually molesting children in Oregon was charged Monday with committing more sexual assaults while...
Bill Cosby drops lawsuit against accuser
Article from CNN Bill Cosby has dismissed a federal lawsuit he filed earlier this year against Andrea Constand, his accuser in an...
Former Limestone youth baseball coach accused of sexual abuse
Article from Journal Star A former Limestone youth baseball coach faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested last week...
Goddard inquiry truth project to hear first testimony on child sexual abuse
Article from The Guardian The first of hundreds of people are to begin giving testimony to a public inquiry into child sexual...
Police: Sex offender arrested after breaking into home, confronting teen girl
Article from KPTV Fox12 Oregon A 16-year-old girl called 911 as she was being confronted by a sex offender who broke into...
Advocate helps kids fleeing domestic, sexual violence
Article from The News & Observer FORT DODGE, Iowa When people think of the Domestic/Sexual Outreach Center, they likely think of adults,...
Child sexual-abuse victims and their supporters protest outside Basilica in Philadelphia
Article from Philly Voice Monday could have been the day that clergy sex-abuse victim John-Michael Delaney finally got decades of frustration off...
Portland Public Schools employee pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges, records show
Article from The Oregonian A Portland Public Schools employee who has been on leave since November 2015 pleaded not guilty Monday to sex abuse...
Silverton man accused of sex abuse ran ministry
Article from the Statesman Journal Police are searching for more potential victims after a Silverton man, who ran a Christian ministry and co-owned a local coffee shop, was...
Salem Pastor with Prior Conviction Arrested on New Sex Abuse Charges
July 6, 2016 Detectives arrested a Salem pastor Wednesday and charged him with sex crimes after a week-long investigation. Mauricio Aguilera-Garcia, 55,...
Oregon Wrestling Coach Receives 10 Year Sentence for Sexual Abuse of Boys
PORTLAND, OR — Former Gresham wrestling coach, Wyatt Deremer, who used his position to abuse several young boys, was formally sentenced...
New Lawsuit: Second Pedophile Youth Leader at Oregon Church Sexually Abused Kids in 2015; At Least 10 Victims Identified by Police
MEDIA RELEASE New Lawsuit: Second Pedophile Youth Leader at Oregon Church Sexually Abused Kids in 2015; At Least 10 Victims Identified by...
Coach pleads guilty to sex abuse
Article from Portland Tribune Wyatt Ross Deremer, a former wrestling coach at Gresham High School, has pleaded guilty to three counts of...
FBI seeking sex abuse victims of suspected child predator with ties to Carolinas
Article from WYFF4.com LILLINGTON, N.C. —A former youth group leader and baseball coach with...
Sexual assault survivors now have a basic federal bill of rights
Article from MSNBC A bill shaping a federal model for sexual assault survivors’ basic rights passed unanimously in the Senate Monday, with...
Second ex-Olympia school bus driver accused of sex abuse
A former Olympia School District bus driver has been arrested on charges of child rape and molestation in connection with the alleged...
Dean failed to report bus driver’s sexual abuse of special needs students
Article from FOX13 The dean of students at Horizons Elementary School was arrested for failing to report the sexual battery of young...
Thirteen Strong and Courageous Clients Return to Alma Mater ASIJ, Celebrate Healing from Abuse and Betrayal
We are very excited to announce that, over this past week, thirteen special clients traveled Japan to take a significant step forward...
Hillsboro Basketball Coach Accused of Sexually Abusing Teen Girl, One of His Players
Article from KOIN6 A 42-year-old Hillsboro man is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl he met while coaching her club basketball team. Stevens...
Another Seventh Day Adventist School Employee Arrested For Child Sexual Abuse
Clallam County sheriff’s detectives arrested 55-year-old Douglas J. Allison after two young girls — ages 10- and 11-years old — came forward...
Salem SDA Academy Coach Charged with Sex Crimes against Girls
Article from KGW Donald Ernest Mansell, 37, a former boy’s basketball coach at the private Livingstone Adventist Academy, has been arrested and...
Pingry Victims’ Attorneys Separately Investigating
This week, the elite private Pingry School – with campuses in Basking Ridge and Short Hills, New Jersey — issued an open...
Foster Home Abuse Lawsuit: DHS ‘Ignored Clear And Repeated Signs Of Abuse’
Crew Janci LLP is proud of our friend, Portland attorney Erin Olson, for pursing this important case. A $20 million dollar lawsuit...
Martial Arts Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Four Students
A Queens martial arts teacher has been accused of sexually abusing four of his young female students. “As a martial arts instructor...
Grand Jury Report on Abuse in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese Moves Sexual Abuse Victims To Rally For Change To Pennsylvania Law
In the wake of a grand jury report on abuse in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese released earlier this month, Pennysylvania State Representatives, adult...
Leader in British Scouts Jailed for Child Sexual Abuse
A former scout leader has been jailed for five years for sexually abusing boys in the 1980s. Mike Medhurst, from Birmingham (UK),...
Oregon Scouts Sue for Abuse by Scoutmaster Clyde Brock
Over the past several years, another law firm here in Portland has filed suits on behalf of several former Oregon City Boy...
Erin Andrews Wins Important Lawsuit Over Sexual Exploitation at Hotel
A jury awarded the Fox sportscaster Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a Nashville hotel and a stalker after she...
IT’S STILL HAPPENING: Georgia lawsuit claims Boy Scouts of America didn’t protect young boys from volunteer leader Richard Merrey – in 2011
The Boys Scouts of America and the Coastal Georgia Council are under fire due to a new lawsuit filed by a former...
Two Major Victories for Oregon Survivors of Sex Crimes
Today marks two huge wins for survivors of sexual violence here in Oregon: the passage of SB 1600, which extends the criminal...
HERO Corps trains wounded troops to track down pedophiles
The HERO — Human Exploitation Rescue Operative — program is designed for wounded, injured and ill veterans to receive training in sophisticated...
James Verity, Former Oregon teacher, resigns after sexual misconduct revealed
After James P. Verity lost his teaching license in Oregon because of allegations of a sexually-charged relationship with an 18-year old student,...
James McGlothlin, Oregon City special education teacher planned to drug kids, make child porn
A federal child pornography investigation led to the arrest of a Portland man, and detectives are asking for your help in identifying...
Bill Overhauling Oregon Foster Care System Passes Senate Committee
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, the Oregon Senate Committee on Human Services and Early Children issued a unanimous “do-pass” vote to Senate...
Sandy River Outdoor School program leader, Jared Kelly White, accused of 54 child sex crimes
Portland police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old man for 54 counts of felony sex crimes involving children. Jared Kelly White was indicted...
UPDATE: Former West Linn HS teacher, Jonathan Peachey, pleads guilty to groping students
A former West Linn High School teacher admitted on Wednesday to sexually abusing two male students last year. Jonathan M. Peachey, a...
MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility sex abuse lawsuit set for trial in April
A 12-person jury trial has been set for April in a Marion County lawsuit that concerns alleged sex abuse crimes perpetrated at...
Decades-long search for “Mr. Wonder”, Frank John Selas III, ends with arrest
Neighbors in a well-to-do section of this San Diego suburb knew him as Frank Szeles, a friendly Cub Scouts leader who frequently...
Richard Wade Conklin Accused Of Sexually Abusing Developmentally Delayed Woman
A 78-year-old Lebanon man is behind bars after allegedly admitting sexually abusing a developmentally-delayed 28-year-old woman he’s known since she was an...
Youth Coaches Graham and Dotson Arrested In Undercover Sex Sting
Two youth coaches were recently arrested after authorities say they each agreed to meet with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be...
Raphael Yug of Salem charged with multiple counts of first-degree sex abuse
A Salem man was formally charged with two counts of first-degree sex abuse and one count of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration after...
Van Len Granger of Grants Pass Accused of Sex Abuse
A Grants Pass man accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy was arrested on December 21, 2015 for Sex Abuse 1 and...
A Positive Note in a Culture of Silence
Sexual predators frequently seek out positions of trust to obtain access to victims; many are in positions of care-giving, power or mentorship,...
The Battle Over the Introduction of Evidence in the Criminal Prosecution of Former Scoutmaster Stephen Corcoran
The battle over the introduction of evidence in the criminal prosecution of former Scoutmaster Stephen Corcoran continues to unfold in the Morristown,...
New Lawsuit: Boy Scout Leader Raped Boys In Backroom of U of M’s William’s Arena
(Minneapolis, Minnesota-January 13, 2016)– The Boy Scouts’ “usher program” at Williams Arena seemed like every boy’s dream: an opportunity for community service...
Bleak Silence Awaits Victims of Child Abuse at Give Us This Day
On January 12, 2016, Sen. Sara Gelser (D-Corvallis) released a shocking chronology of child abuse reports made against Oregon foster care provider...
Report Shows Dozens Abused at Prestigious St. George’s School
More than two dozen students have come forward alleging that they were raped or molested while attending St. George’s School in Middletown,...
One Victim is Too Many: On Bill Cosby and the Need to Believe Survivors
Bill Cosby, who has been accused of sexual assault or unwanted advances by more than 50 women, has finally been hit with...
Highly Decorated Local Scoutmaster At Center of Today’s Sex Abuse Lawsuit
(St. Paul, Minnesota-December 9, 2015) – A local scout leader who served for decades and earned many of Boy Scouts of America’s...
Local insurance agent and church volunteer arrested on multiple counts of sexual abuse, sodomy
Richard Hayes Jackson, a local insurance representative, was arrested on multiple charges of sex crimes according to media reports. Eugene Police Spokesperson...
Cover-up, Bribes, and Callousness: Institutional Betrayal Continues to Harm Victims
When victims come forward about abuse within a church, school, or youth organization, the institution of trust at the center of the...
MOVIE “SPOTLIGHT” IS FOR UNSUNG HEROES: SURVIVORS
The new blockbuster hit movie – “SPOTLIGHT” – is making its wide release across the United States today. It is expected to...
BREAKING: West Linn HS Teacher Arrested for Sex Abuse
Media outlets are reporting that West Linn High School Teacher Jonathan Michael Peachey has been arrested on charges of sexual abuse related...
“Untouchables” in the Kingdom of the “Pope of the People”
Tomorrow, Pope Francis will become the first pontiff ever to address a joint session of Congress. This event came to fruition upon...
Former Oregon Sea Scouts Ship 602 Leader Allegedly Sexually Abused a 12 Year-old Boy
In 1979, Scout leader Gregory A. Benson was accused of sexually molesting a 12 year-old boy during an outing Tillamook County, Oregon....
OR Priest Who Hid Camera Flees US; Church Kept Quiet
A Sherwood, Oregon priest has fled the county following a police investigation into a hidden camera found at St. Francis Catholic Church...
Jared from Subway: It Wasn’t “Just Porn”!
News is breaking about Subway chain’s spokesman — Jared Fogle — pleading guilty to charges of child pornography. But Fogle’s sexual exploitation...
Boy Scout Sex Abuse — It’s Still Happening!
Two new Boy Scouts sexual abuse scandals in New York and Missouri confirm that the Scouts’ struggle to contain their institutional sexual...
Thousands of Secret Files on Pedophiles in Jehovah’s Witnesses
In Australia, findings are being released about an investigation into allegations of systemic concealment of child sexual abuse by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Washington Post is...
CARE.COM Babysitter Arrested for Sexually Abusing Oregon Kids
PORTLAND, OREGON — According to news reports Monday by KPTV and KOIN in Portland, a twenty-seven year-old man who advertised his services...
Media Coverage of Crew Janci’s Latest Minnesota Boy Scout Abuse Lawsuit
Yesterday, Crew Janci LLP filed a new child sexual abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts of America in Minnesota. We are proud to...
Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Child Sex Abuse Case Against Cosby
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of California rejected Bill Cosby’s procedural efforts to get the child sexual abuse case against...
President Obama on Bill Cosby’s Rape of Women
Since the AP successfully pursued the release of court documents revealing Bill Cosby’s admission that he procured drugs to rape women, there...
Does Bill Cosby’s Admission Vindicate Victims?
Earlier this week, federal district court judge Eduardo C. Robreno granted the Associated Press’s motion to intervene and unseal a number of...
Happy Independence Day!
This photo we took of a flag flying over a dock near our office reminds us of the very best of the American...
Minnesota Scout Abuse: Just Like the Catholic Church?
This week, Ramsey County Commissioner Jim McDonough went public with the truth about sexual abuse he suffered as a boy scout in...
Minnesota Elected Official Sues Boy Scouts for Sex Abuse
Yesterday, Crew Janci LLP attorneys Steve Crew and Peter Janci were honored to stand beside one of our courageous, abuse-survivor clients who filed a...
Justice Delayed: Elite Private School Admits Covering Up Decades of Child Sexual Abuse, Reaches Settlement with 13 U.S. Victims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2015 Portland, Oregon — After more than 40 years of shame, secrecy and denial, 13 women who...
ASIJ ABUSE VICTIMS RELEASE INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Today, the thirteen sexual abuse victims from the American School in Japan have released their own investigative report detailing the decades of abuse and...
ASIJ ABUSE SURVIVORS’ PUBLIC LETTER REGARDING SETTLEMENT
June 15, 2015 Dear ASIJ Community, We, the Thirteen Sisters, would like to thank ASIJ’s new board of directors and you, the...
Comparing Child Sexual Abuse at 21 Elite Private Schools
Over the last week or so, we have been sharing information about the recent report that revealed an unprecedented pattern of sexual abuse at...
Boy Scout Leader Suspected of Abuse Found by Hikers
According to a report by Lee Morrison of the New Philadelphia (Ohio) Times-Reporter, a former Boy Scout leader under investigation for sexual...
Another University of Oregon Sexual Assault Victim Steps Forward
Previously, we’ve blogged about the University of Oregon’s mishandling of a sexual assault survivor’s case and the problems attendant with the laws...
Survivors Championed New Report on Abuse at Private Schools
A group of abuse survivors from the elite Horace Mann School in the Bronx have released a new report that is guaranteed...
OR Pastor Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse; DA Says Church Stonewalled Police
On May 21st, Hillsboro resident and Bethel United Pentacostal Church youth pastor Dylan Ritterman pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse of two...
Maryland Teacher: Guilty of Sexually Abusing 15 Students
An elementary and middle school music teacher in Maryland entered a guilty plea last week on criminal charges that he sexually abused fifteen of...
Institutions of Trust Inflict “Betrayal Trauma”
On May 7, 2015, Dr. Jennifer Freyd, a professor and scholar at University of Oregon, wrote an article in the Eugene Register...
North Carolina Boy Scout Leader Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse of Boy Scouts
NC Boy Scout leader abused multiple 12 year old victims in 2014. During the investigation, police found stash of child porn on perpetrators...
Seventh-day Adventist Church Under Fire for Lax Response to Sex Abuse Allegations
There is a wise saying: “Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.” And that is exactly what appears to...
Sexual Assault in Boys and Girls Club — Part of a Larger Problem?
The arrest of a Boys and Girls Club employee for sexual assault raises the question of whether there is a larger problem of sexual...
Seventh-day Adventist Church Under Fire for Lax Response to Sex Abuse Allegations
There is a wise saying: “Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.” And that is exactly what appears to...
MMA fighter and Portland New Breed Jiu-Jitsu Academy Owner Eben Kaneshiro Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Charges
The owner of Southeast Portland-based New Breed Jiu-Jitsu Academy, 35 year-old Eben Eli Keiji Kaneshiro, was arrested this week for allegedly sexually...
Dear Vatican: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
While Bishop Finn’s exit is a good thing for child safety, the Vatican’s process sends a mixed message about the Catholic Church’s...
Pendleton High School Teacher Timothy Frey Arrested for Sexual Abuse
The Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office has charged 26-year old Timothy Walter Frey with three counts of second-degree sexual abuse, according to...
Two Employees at Kairos Rehabilitation Facility Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Two employees of the Kairos rehabilitation facility for at-risk children (formerly the Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center–SOASTC), in Grants Pass,...
Former Boy Scout Employee Elizabeth Monda-Guthrie Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Underage Boy
Elizabeth Monda-Guthrie, a 28 year-old woman who worked for the Boy Scouts in Marion County, was sentenced on Monday to serve 20...
Ex-Eugene Police Officer Jeffrey Argo Sentenced to 7 Years for Secretly Videotaping Police Station Bathroom and Child Porn Possession
41 year-old Jeffrey Wade Argo, a former officer with the Eugene Police Department, resigned from his post about a year ago when...
Our Attorneys and Client Brenda Tracy Testify in Support of Oregon HB 2317 to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Prosecution
Yesterday, Attorneys Steve Crew and Jacqueline Swanson were proud to sit next to our client Brenda Tracy and testify before the Oregon...
Recent Oregon Youth Coaches Arrested for Sexually Abusing Students: Sign of a Larger Problem?
Former Forest Grove High School basketball coach Robert Schuppert, Jr., convicted in January for his sexual abuse of student, received a suspended...
Elko Girl Scouts Volunteers, Bradley and Barbara Parker, Arrested on Charges of Sexual Abuse of Four Young Children
As posted by Dylan Wolf Harris in the Elko Daily Free Press, an Elko, Nevada-area married couple have both been arrested due...
Spotsylvania Girl Scout Volunteer Chad Leroy Miller Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse of Girl and Possession of Child Porn
Chad Leroy Miller, was arrested last week on charges that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl in his wife’s Spotsylvania, VA. Girl...
Sexual Abuse Activist Brenda Tracy and Our Team Support Oregon SB 563 and HB 3476
Our law firm represents survivors of sexual abuse, and when the opportunity arises, we also support legislation that provides victims of sexual...
Florida Teacher Accused of Molesting Students Worked at Schools Across the State
A Florida teacher named Anthony Salvo was recently arrested for allegedly molesting students; he is currently being held without bond. His charges...
“Jenny’s Law” Would Extend the Statute of Limitations for Sexual Assault Prosecutions in Indiana
Indiana and Oregon have two of the shortest statutes of limitation for rape prosecution in the nation. Currently, prosecutors in Indiana have...
LDS Church Responds to Their Role in Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Allegations
Yesterday, CNN reporters Scott Zamost and Kyra Phillips broke a story on the dark history of child sexual abuse in the LDS...
Employees of Seventh Day Adventist Boarding School, Miracle Meadows, Face Child Abuse Charges
Miracle Meadows, a Seventh Day Adventist-sponsored boarding school in West Virginia, was recently closed due to allegations of student abuse by at...
FERPA, HIPAA and the University of Oregon’s Lawful Invasion of a Student Sexual Assault Survivor’s Privacy
Previously, we blogged about how the University of Oregon accessed a student sexual assault survivor’s therapy records in December of 2014, prior...
Sexual Abuse and Assault: It’s Never the Victim’s Fault
Last year, the Montana Supreme Court ordered a one-month suspension of District Judge G. Todd Baugh “for perpetuating the stereotype that women...
Three New Sexual Abuse Victims Bring Allegations Against Warrenton Chiropractor Dr. Adam Lopez
Dr. Adam Lopez, a 59 year-old chiropractor from Warrenton, Oregon has been sitting in the Clatsop County Jail since July on charges...
The University of Oregon’s Continued Mishandling of its Student Sexual Assault Survivor’s Case
Several weeks ago, we blogged about a lawsuit filed by a current student at University of Oregon – “Jane Doe” – against...
Media Links About the Recent Lawsuit Filed Against the Western Mennonite School and Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference
Yesterday we filed a lawsuit against both the Pacific northwest Mennonite Conference and the Western Mennonite School in Salem, Oregon. We filed...
Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Western Mennonite School and Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference
Today, our law firm filed a lawsuit against the Western Mennonite School in Salem and the Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference on behalf...
Former Marlborough School Private School Teacher Joe Koetters Arrested for Allegedly Sexual Abuse of Student
The Marlborough School is an elite private girls’ prep school in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. Joseph Koetters, 47,...
Former Hollister-Area Boy Scout Leader Joseph Alvarado Arraigned on 42 Counts of Sexually Abusing Kids
Hollister, CA resident and former Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts leader Joseph Alvarado is facing possible prison time for allegedly sexually abusing...
Former Boy Scouts Leader Ian Burow Sentenced to 20 Years for Committing Sex Crimes
A former Boy Scouts leader in Jefferson City, Missouri was sentenced by a federal judge to 20 years in prison after being...
Freedom of Religion Does Not Allow the Freedom to Harm: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Child Sexual Abuse and the First Amendment
Recently, NPR released a report on the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of child sexual abuse allegations. In the past, the Jehovah’s Witnesses have...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Church Sends Instructions to Elders about Maintaining Confidentiality of Possible Child Abusers
Our friends at OAASIS posted an informative link to an article by Trey Bundy on RevealNews.org regarding a recent letter that was...
Vatican Investigates Two Cases of Child Pornography
The Vatican, headquarters of the 1.2 billion-member Catholic Church, has admitted to the existence of child pornography within its own walls. Holy...
Boy Scouts of America Settle in Sex Abuse Trial to Keep Secret Files Confidential
According to an article by the Los Angeles Times‘ Amanda Covarrubias and Kim Christensen, a controversial lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of...
Revered Delaware Wrestling Coach and Gym Teacher Dickie Howell Arrested on Charges of Child Rape
One of Delaware’s most iconic high school wrestling coaches, Richard “Dickie” Howell II, was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he allegedly...
University of Oregon and Florida State University Share Similar Complaint: Both Face Title IX Suits by Sexual Violence Victims
In an eerily synchronous development following last week’s Rose Bowl playoff between University of Oregon (U of O) and Florida State University (FSU), two...
Florida State University and Oregon State University: Similar in all the Wrong Ways
On Sunday, December 21, 2014, Florida State University (FSU) cleared Jameis Winston – 2013 Heisman trophy winner and quarterback for FSU –...
Vancouver Boy Scout Leader and Substitute Teacher Darrel Dwight Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Boy Scouts Hazel Dell Troop 316 treasurer, Darrel James Dwight, 56, was arrested last Wednesday at a school he substitute teaches at...
The Continuing Saga of the Betrayal of Brenda Tracy
Yesterday, the Oregonian published a follow-up piece on Brenda Tracy’s tragic story. As previously discussed here on our blog, Ms. Tracy was gang raped by several Oregon...
Central Catholic Football Coach Jon Taylor Was Previously Investigated by Police for Sending Lewd Photos to Parkrose High School Student
Attorney Peter Janci of O’Donnell Clark & Crew law firm spoke with both KATU News and the Willamette Week about the recent...
Highlights from the GRACE Investigation of Bob Jones University’s Response to Sexual Abuse
Earlier this morning, GRACE released a 300+ page report detailing the findings from its investigation of how sexual abuse was dealt with...
Oregon City Seventh-day Baptist Church Teacher Arrested on Charges of Child Sexual Abuse
A local area Seventh-day Baptist Church official has been arrested on child sexual abuse charges. Jon Wheat was arrested on November 24th...
North Salem Band Teacher Arrested on Sexual Abuse Charges
After West Salem High School assistant girls’ basketball coach Emrance Berger was convicted last month for sexually assaulting a female student, Salem...
Accused Child Molester Now Working as Coach for Central Catholic in Portland
Today, David Clohessy and SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) released a statement today regarding a recent decision by Portland...
Accused Child Molester Now Working as Coach for Central Catholic in Portland
Today, David Clohessy and SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) released a statement today regarding a recent decision by Portland...
The Presumption of “Innocence”
In the wake of the allegations against Bill Cosby, many have been reluctant to believe the survivors, instead preferring to believe that Cosby...
Former Rhode Island Catholic Priest Faces Sexual Abuse Charges for Assaulting at Least Two Boys
The Catholic Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island may soon be on the defensive as one of its former priests, Rev. Barry...
Three More Survivors of Bill Cosby’s Sexual Abuse Step Forward
Three more women have come forward alleging that they, too, were in some way sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby. Carla Ferrigno, Angela...
Oregon Woman Recounts Gang Rape by Four College Football Players
In a recent Oregonian article by John Canzano, a woman named Brenda Tracy recounted the sexual torture she endured nearly 16 years...
David Kress, Former Boy Scout Leader Allegedly Sexually Abused and Threatened Boys
We wrote a blog post about Former Boy Scouts Leader David Kress a few weeks ago, citing allegations that he sexually assaulted...
Bend Gymnastics Coach Richard Gustafson Found Guilty of Sexually Abusing Young Girls
According to a Bend Bulletin article by Claire Withycombe, former Acrovision Sports Center gymnastics academy co-owner and coach, Richard Gustafson, was found...
Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Watchtower Bible and Tract Society Sued for Alleged Child Sex Abuse Cover-up
A Californian man who claims he was molested by a Jehovah’s Witnesses bible school teacher when he was a child has been...
Former Boy Scout Employee and Volunteer on Trial for Alleged Role in International Child Pornography Ring
Four men, including a former Huntsville, Alabama Boy Scouts staff member and volunteer, are currently being tried in federal court for their...
Boy Scouts Troop 66 Leader and Thompson, CT Elected Official Charged with Sexually Assaulting Children
image credit: Hartford Courant Former Connecticut Boy Scouts Troop 66 leader and Thompson Zoning Board of Appeals member, David Kress, was arrested...
Spokane ER Doctor Arrested on Charges of Child Rape and Possession of Child Pornography
A Spokane Veterans Administration Medical Center emergency room doctor was arrested this week on charges that he drugged a 13 year old...
Former Corvallis Scoutmaster Pleaded Guilty to Sexually Abusing Boy
William E. Tobiassen, a 57-year-old Corvallis-area Mutual New York life insurance agent and Boy Scout leader, pleaded guilty to charges that he...
Media Links of Our Recent Lawsuit Filing Against the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Here are some of the media links regarding the lawsuit we filed on Tuesday against the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist...
Former ASIJ Headmaster Now Involved in Child Sexual Abuse Scandal at the Jakarta International School
Recent revelations regarding decades of child sex abuse at the American School in Japan (“ASIJ”) by long-time faculty member Jack T. Moyer appear,...
Former Boy Scout Leader David Brian Watkins Gets 30 Year Prison Sentence for Sexually Abusing Boys
Former Keswick, Virginia Boy Scout Troop 1028 Leader David Brian Watkins was sentenced on Friday April 25 to thirty years in prison...
Prineville Boy Scout Leader James Allen Wilson Arrested on Charges of Sexual Abuse of a Boy
A former Prineville Boy Scout Troop 28 scoutmaster was booked into the Deschutes County Jail after an arrest warrant was issued after...
Corvallis Orthodox Priest Known as “Father Isidore” Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
An Orthodox priest who had been recently serving at Saint Anne Orthodox Church in Corvallis, Oregon was arrested Thursday morning on “numerous...
Singing Boys of Pennsylvania Director Kenneth Bernard Schade Charged with Sexual Abuse and Child Rape
The Marshalls Creek, PA choir director Kenneth Bernard Schade who founded a popular local boys’ choir is facing over 1,100 counts of possessing...
Former Scout Leader and Middle School Teacher Kenneth Prince Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges
We posted about this former Boy Scout leader and junior high school teacher when he was originally arrested for sexually abusing boys...
Ohio Boy Scout Leader and EMT Alan Johnson Charged with Distributing Child Pornography and Sexual Abuse
A 23 year-old Boy Scouts leader and EMT was arraigned last week on charges of distributing child pornography via a peer to...
Cub Scouts Leader Franklin Lee Arraigned on Child Sex Crime Allegations
Franklin Lee, a leader of Cub Scouts Pack 128 in the Redwood Empire Council of Boy Scouts of America in Sebastopol, CA,...
OOAPI Report Accuses Nurse Jennifer Barren of Sexually Abusing OSH Patient
A 43 year-old registered nurse who worked for the Oregon State Hospital in Salem resigned after she was accused of sexually abusing...
Hawaii’s Prominent Former Kamehameha School Psychiatrist, Dr. Robert Browne, Accused of Molesting Countless Boys
A former Hawaii school counselor for the Kamehameha Schools, Dr. Robert Browne, used his position with the school to gain access to...
United Methodist Youth Minister, James Ray Clark, Arrested on Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Children
A 48 year old Glynn County United Methodist youth minister and middle school band director resigned on Wednesday after he was charged...
Former Hollister-Area Boy Scout Leader Joseph Alvarado Arraigned on 42 Counts of Sexually Abusing Kids
Hollister, CA resident and former Boy Scouts and Explorer Scouts leader Joseph Alvarado is facing possible prison time for allegedly sexually abusing...
Mormon Bishop in Arizona Who Conducted Illicit Sexual Conversations With At Least Two Teen Boys Arrested
A former Mormon bishop of the Lehi Second Ward of the Mesa LDS church was arrested last month for “trying to lure...
Abuse Victims Defended in Recent U.N. Committee’s Report on the Vatican: Will We See Changes?
At the end of January, the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child took the Vatican to task for its unbridled...
Teacher Andrea Cardosa Gets Outted on Youtube Video for Sexual Abuse of Young Girl
A school administrator who was called out in a Youtube video by a 28 year-old woman for the sexual abuse she subjected...
Seventh Day Adventist Employee, Joseph Edgar Davis, Sentenced to 150 Years for Sexually Abusing Three Little Girls
I was reading about Joseph Edgar Davis, a Seventh Day Adventist employee who recently was sentenced to 150 years in prison for...
O’Donnell Clark & Crew Client Carolee Horning Featured on News for Her Fight Against Priest Sexual Abuse
Carolee Horning, a Eugene woman who was sexually abused as a young girl by her parish priest for many years, was recently...
“Secret No More” Video
Today, we released a video about child sexual abuse that we think people will appreciate. It is intended to inspire survivors of...
Why the Boy Scout IV “Perversion” Files Are Crucial in Stopping Child Sexual Abuse
While some institutions of public trust would rather downplay the internal documents that document the sexual abuse of minors, the truth is...
The Work Goes On, the Cause Endures, the Hope Still Lives, and the Dream Shall Never Die
The last few weeks have been difficult ones for our law firm. We lost a great man and a great lawyer. He...
Michigan Sex Abuse Suspect Enters Agreement to Keep Him in Jail for 18-30 Years
Shawn Remington has been in a Michigan jail since his arrest on child sexual abuse charges in August 2012. He is scheduled...
Indiana Boy Scout Volunteer Arrested for International Child Pornography
In what law enforcement officials are describing as an international child sex ring, Indiana Boy Scout volunteer James McCullars has been arrested...
Disgraced Portland Boy Scouts Troop Leader: Meet George "Bud" Frie, Jr.
Back in 1966, when he was approximately 43, Portland Boy Scouts Troop 89 Scoutmaster George O. Frie, Jr. was asked to resign...
Ferol Hester Resigned as Scoutmaster from Eugene Boy Scout Troop 80 and Police Officer for “Abnormal Conduct with Boys”
Former Boy Scouts Troop 80 Scoutmaster and Eugene Police officer was forced to resign both his job and his Scouting position when...
Former Scout Leader Joseph Schuerman Pled Guilty to Sexual Abuse Charges
In and around 1963, former Eugene, Oregon-based Scout Troop 5 Assistant Scoutmaster, Joseph Ray Schuerman, AKA, “Joe Sherman,” pled guilty to an ...
Former Boy Scout Leader Gets Life Prison For Sex Abuse
When US District Judge Charles Siragusa sentenced former church counselor and Boy Scout leader Daryl Vonneida to a life sentence for sexual...
When Women Abuse
While the majority of sexual abuse cases involving minors are perpetrated by adult males, there is a concerning growth in the number...
Tierra Blanca Police Raid Highlights the Problems with Boarding Schools for Troubled Youths
After a recent police raid on Tierra Blanca Ranch, a “tough love” ranch in New Mexico, we were reminded of the similar...
Newark Priest Opts to Leave Priesthood in Light of Violation of Sex Abuse Court Order
Rev. Michael Fugee, a priest of the Newark Archdiocese, has opted for laicization rather than face criminal contempt charges that he violated...
Penn State Settles Sandusky Abuse Claims For Nearly $60 Million
Penn State University has settled 26 civil claims related to sexual abuse and exploitation perpetrated by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. ...
Former Boy Scout Leader Arrested, Faces More Sex Abuse Charges in Utah
Already facing five felony counts of the sexual exploitation of a minor, former Boy Scout leader Kenneth William Prince was arrested again...
Governor Brown Turns His Back On Children
Saturday was a sad day for all survivors of childhood sexual abuse in California. Governor Jerry Brown, succumbing to an intense and...
California Catholic Conference Leading the Fight Against Child Victims’ Act
Perhaps it’s because they are better funded than the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, or the Church of Latter Day Saints...
Sunday, October 13th is the Deadline for California’s Child Victim’s Act
One of the most important bills sitting on the desk of California Governor Jerry Brown is the Child Victim’s Act, Senate Bill...
A Survivor’s Courage and a Boy Scout Cover-up
Our brave client John Elliott went on the air recently to tell his story of being abused by his BSA Scoutmaster in...
Former Utah Boy Scout Leader Arrested on Child Porn Charges
A 61-year-old Utah man has been arrested and charged with five counts of the sexual exploitation of a minor, all related to...
California Sex Abuse Bill Passes Legislature, Headed to Governor for Signature
Great news! The California Legislature has passed Senate bill 131, a significant piece of legislation that will lift the statute of limitations...
ABC Australia’s AM Program Interviews Kelly Clark About Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse
> Listen to the interview here On Monday, Emily Bourke, a reporter for the “AM” show featuring Tony Eastley of Australia’s...
California Bill to Give Child Abuse Victims One Year Window for Claims Goes to Governor
California just passed legislation opening a window during which child sexual or physical abuse victims can bring civil lawsuits — even if...
Former New Jersey Scout Leader Indicted for Child Pornography and Exploitation of Children
Gerrett Conover, 48, of Woolwich Township, has been in federal custody since last September on one charge of receiving images of child...
"Scouts Honor": Still Relevant After All These Years
Scout’s Honor, the original book about the problem of sex abuse in Boy Scouts, is available now on Kindle for only $1.99....
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA’S CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE COVER UP
Since its creation over 100 years ago, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has covered up its problem of pedophiles targeting Scouting...
Former Portland Eagle Scout Sentenced to Prison for Sexual Abuse
Clackamas County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Rastetter sentenced former Portland –area Eagle Scout Jacob MacKenzie Wittren, 19, to 12 ½ years in...
The Boy Scouts of America’s Ineligible Volunteer Files Shows Just the Tip of the Iceberg of Child Abuse in Scouting
Over 1,200 files on accused child molesters in the Boy Scouts are now public record. The Boy Scouts of America created these...
Mormon Abuse Spotlight-Mark Edward Morgan
Mark Edward Morgan’s history is documented in “Case Reports of the Mormon Church Alliance,” (“Case Reports”) published in 1995. We review it...
Boy Scouts File Lawsuit Against Insurance Companies For Failure to Pay Sexual Abuse Claims
The Boy Scouts of America have filed a lawsuit against International Insurance Company and General Star Indemnity Company for failure to cover...
Father and Son Accused of Sexually Abusing Daycare Kids
KATU News ran a story yesterday about a woman who alleged being sexually abused as a 10 year-old girl by former Riverdale...
Washington State Teacher Under Investigation for Possible Molestation of 5th Grader
We are seeing more and more cases involving women accused of sexually exploiting and molesting boys. This week, police are investigating a...
Mount Bachelor Academy Lawsuit Press Conference
Back in 2011, our law firm represented 14 students who filed a lawsuit against the Mt. Bachelor Academy, a private co-ed therapeutic...
Idaho: 15 Scout and Mormon Men Accused of Sexually Abusing Boy Scouts May be Just the Beginning
According to Boy Scout and court records, there were at least 15 known, accused pedophiles volunteering as Boy Scout leaders in Idaho...
Jeffrey McAllister, Former Portland Nurse, Faces More Sex Abuse Charges
Former Legacy Emanuel Hospital nurse Jeffrey McAllister plead not guilty to a 13-count indictment involving a fourth victim he allegedly sexually...
Profiles on Child Sexual Abuse in the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) The California Case of Alleged Perpetrator Michael Shean, LDS Church Leader
The following story was reported in the “Case Reports of the Mormon Church Alliance,” (“Case Reports”) published in 1995. We review it...
Shepherds Who Prey on Their Sheep: Abuse Profiles in the Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) Christopher J. Bearnson, California
One of the best strategies for stopping the sexual abuse of children today is to examine allegations of abuse from the past. ...
California House Judiciary Committee Passes Senate Bill on Sex Abuse
The California House Judiciary Committee has just passed Senate Bill 131 by a margin of 8-2. The bill will now go to...
New California Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed
A 39-year-old US Army doctor has stepped forward and acknowledged that when he was 17 years old he was molested by a...
Narconon of Georgia Faces Civil Lawsuit, State Probe
Narconon of Georgia is facing a civil lawsuit after five plaintiffs claim they were the victims of fraud and negligence. Narconon is...
California Legislature Putting the Pressure on the Boy Scouts of America
The California Boy Scouts of America are feeling the pressure and influence of state government. First, SB 131, if signed into law,...
Critical Moment For California Abuse Survivors
In spite of strong opposition from the California Catholic Conference, SB 131will be heading to the California state Senate for a vote...
Newark Priest Arrested After Violating Court Agreement
Embattled Catholic priest Fr. Michael Fugee has been arrested in New Jersey after law enforcement officials determined the priest violated a court...
Mormon Church Counselor Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse
Cesar Duran was booked into the Utah County jail in April for allegedly abusing a 13-year-old girl with whom he had a...
Boy Scouts Secrecy Leads to Scout Sexual Abuse in Canada
In 1979, in southern California, a Boy Scout camp director named Richard John Turley asked permission from the parents of three Scout...
Newspaper Calls for Resignation of NJ Archbishop
The New Jersey Star Ledger has called for the resignation of Newark Archbishop John Myers. The editorial was published in response to...
Jailed Doctor Pleads Guilty to More Sex Abuse Charges
A Pennsylvania doctor who had served as a Boy Scout troop leader and is already serving a 6 to 15 year sentence...
Abuse Survivor Testifies in Court
Now 51 years old, a courageous survivor is able to speak about the sexual abuse that started when he was six years...
Let’s Protect Our Children-Show Support for SB 3284
As an attorney and a passionate advocate for survivors of childhood sexual abuse, I continue to urge the Oregon legislature to do...
Archdiocese of Santa Fe Hit with New Childhood Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
We’ve had some extensive media coverage of the New Mexico lawsuit our Portland law firm just filed, along with attorney Brad Hall,...
Archdiocese of Santa Fe Hit with New Childhood Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
We’ve had some extensive media coverage of the New Mexico lawsuit our Portland law firm just filed, along with attorney Brad...
New Lawsuits Allege Sex Abuse at Fire Mountain Boy Scout Camp
The plaintiffs, known only in the lawsuits as M.O. and D.D. as permitted by court rules, allege they were abused by Scout...
Archdiocese of Santa Fe Hit with New Childhood Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
We’ve had some extensive media coverage of the New Mexico lawsuit our Portland law firm just filed, along with attorney Brad...
Child Abuse Prevention Month
As the authors of this important opinion piece remind us, April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. While we can’t undo the past,...
We Know What We Don’t Know: How Safe is Scouting Today?
Not a week goes by, it seems, but that we see this story, somewhere, similar to this: Boy Scout leader (or former Boy...
Revisionist History-the Jerry Sandusky Interview
He was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, but Jerry Sandusky continues to plead his innocence. In an interview with...
Pope Francis I-Defining the Indefinable
It hasn’t been two weeks since Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis I. Yet, the media and it seems the...
Former Boy Scout Leader Found Guilty of 12 Counts of Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse
Jon L. Demers, a former Boy Scout Leader, has been found guilty of 12 counts of aggravated sex abuse of minors in...
Girl Boy Scouts
There are girls in the Boy Scouts. This is an important point to consider in light of the recent release of approximately...
TO THE OREGON LEGISLATURE: Please Support House Bill 3284
Dear Representatives: We know that the trauma of child sex abuse lasts a lifetime – but the time available to sex abuse...
Mormon Posing as Counselor Convicted for Sexually Abusing Women
Arturio Tenorio, described as a “monster disguised as an angel”, has been sentenced to three years in prison and five years of...
The Pope’s Electors
During a consistory in which new cardinals are created, the cardinal elect receives the scarlet biretta from the Pope and makes the...
Former Mormon Missionary Accused of Sexual Contact with a Minor Under 14 Years of Age
Brandon Scott Cordero faces multiple rape charges after being arrested in Utah for the alleged attacks that occurred between November 2010 and...
The Pope’s Electors-Oaths of Secrecy Rather than Oaths to Protect the People of God
During a consistory in which new cardinals are created, the cardinal elect receives the scarlet biretta from the Pope and makes the...
Cardinal Mahony’s Grand Apologie
For those of you who don’t know, Roger Cardinal Mahony, the retired Archbishop of Los Angeles has a blog. His most recent...
New Ohio Boy Scout Abuse Lawsuit Filed
Our law firm will be working in conjunction with Attorney Konrad Kircher, local counsel in Ohio, representing Thomas Abner who was sexually...
Man Sues the BSA in Ohio for Its Role in Sex Abuse By Scout Leader
Yesterday, along with attorney Konrad Kircher, our law firm and attorney Paul Mones filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America...
U.S. Sex Abuse Cases Not Fully Prosecuted, Says U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child
This is includes the Catholic priest sex scandals and other religious groups. “U.N. body says U.S. lax on clerical sex abuse cases”...
Hawaii Catholic Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed
Six survivors of sexual abuse have come forward and filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Church in Hawaii for abuse...
Institutional Thinking and the Protection of Children
I offer these thoughts in light of the carnival-like atmosphere swirling around the abuse problem and revelations in the Catholic Archdiocese of...
Newark Archbishop Appoints Priest Convicted of Molesting a 14-Year Old to Priestly Formation Position
Rod Dreher from the American Conservative posted an opinion piece this morning about Archbishop John Myers’ decision to appoint Rev. Michael Fugee...
Any Senator Who Sought Underage Sex in Foreign Countries Should Resign Immediately
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is at the center of an FBI investigation into his trips to the Dominican Republic, paid for by...
Catholic Priest and Teacher Convicted on Child Sex Abuse Charges
The Rev. Charles Engelhardt and Bernard Shero have been convicted of child sex abuse charges. Both men served in the Archdiocese of...
2nd Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Former Methodist Pastor
Today I filed another lawsuit against the Oregon-Idaho Conference of the United Methodist Church on behalf of a man who was sexually...
Child Sexual Abuse in the Mormon Context
This short blog raises some of the questions I have had, and have raised, about the relationship of the Latter Day Saints...
Child Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church in Hawaii-A Brief Overview
The good news is that Hawaii recently enacted legislation allowing victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring civil lawsuits against their perpetrators...
Congratulations to Kelly Clark for "2012 Lawyers of the Year" Distinction by Lawyers USA
Jan. 9, 2013 – Portland, OR January 9, 2013 – As an attorney fighting for children’s rights for the past 15 years,...
Congratulations to Kelly Clark for “2012 Lawyers of the Year” Distinction by Lawyers USA
Jan. 9, 2013 – Portland, OR January 9, 2013 – As an attorney fighting for children’s rights for the past 15 years,...
New Twists in the United Methodist Sex Abuse Scandal in Eugene
On our O’Donnell Clark & Crew LLP law firm website, we made reference to a new twist in the case we just...
Former Boy Scout Safety Director Released from Federal Prison
The man who was in charge of Boy Scout safety on a national level has been released from prison after spending seven...
Oregon Man Sues United Methodist Church for Childhood Sexual Abuse by Pastor in Eugene, Oregon
We filed a lawsuit yesterday on behalf of a man who was sexually abused by his Methodist pastor in the early 1980s,...
Hawaii Sexual Abuse Law-How it Affects Survivors and What You Need to Know
Now that the state of Hawaii has provided an opportunity for justice for those survivors of sexual abuse, it’s important to understand...
Did You Know Wayne Baldwin?
We are looking for information about a Portland, Oregon Boy Scout volunteer named Wayne Baldwin. Baldwin was born in 1920. This photo...
Hawaii Sex Abuse Survivors and the New Law
In April of this year, the state of Hawaii took a major step forward to help stop child sexual abuse and prevent...
New Boy Scout Abuse Lawsuit Filed-Same Pattern of Neglect and Failure
We filed a new Boy Scout sexual abuse lawsuit on behalf of a survivor who had been sexually abused when he was...
Former Mormon Bishop Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse
A former Riverside California Mormon bishop has pled guilty to two counts of the sexual abuse of minors in a plea agreement...
Former Portland Cop Pleads Guilty To Child Porn
A former Portland police officer who, ironically had been in charge of registering sex offenders, has himself plead guilty to receiving child...
Why We’re Calling for a Congressional Investigation
Since last week’s public release of 14,500 pages of the Boy Scouts Perversion Files, thousands of concerned citizens have looked at the documents...
US Senator Calls on Congress to Investigate Boy Scout Sex Abuse
US Senator Scott Brown, R-MA has called for a federal investigation into the Boy Scout sex abuse scandal that has been recently re-ignited...
Boy Scout Perversion Files Released Today
The long anticipated wait is over. The Boy Scouts Perversion files will be released at our firm’s news conference this afternoon.
Boy Scout Perversion Files Released Today
The long anticipated wait is over. The Boy Scouts Perversion files will be released at our firm’s news conference this afternoon.
Boy Scouts Perversion Files’ Release Coming Very Soon
After long months of work, we are finally ready to make a public release of the Boy Scouts’ “Perversion” files, showing what...
Boy Scouts Perversion Files’ Release Coming Very Soon
After long months of work, we are finally ready to make a public release of the Boy Scouts’ “Perversion” files, showing what...
Kelly Clark on Huffington Post Regarding the Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files
Attorney Kelly Clark appeared this morning on HuffPost Live to discuss the Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files which were at the heart of...
Former Medford Boy Scout Leader Convicted of Sexually Abusing Neighborhood Boy on Camping Trip
Richard Allen Backes, a former Medford-area Explorer Scout leader, was charged with and convicted of first-degree sodomy of a 13 year-old boy...
San Antonio Court is the Latest to Join the Trend of Exposing Boy Scouts’ Abuse Secrets
Last week we had a big win down in San Antonio, where a local judge ordered the Boy Scouts of America to...
San Antonio Court is the Latest to Join the Trend of Exposing Boy Scouts’ Abuse Secrets
Last week we had a big win down in San Antonio, where a local judge ordered the Boy Scouts of America to...
Local Catholic Priest Arrested on Sex Charges
This week’s arrest of the Rev. Angel Armando Perez, a Catholic priest assigned to St. Luke Catholic Church in Woodburn, marks the...
Judge Wants to Review Scout Perversion Files Before Release
Once again, we are delayed in trying to get the Boy Scouts’ secret files published. Judge Wittmayer is a wise and careful...
Public Release of Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files
The Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files—the centerpiece of our 2010 trial victory in the case of Kerry Lewis v Boy Scouts, in which...
Public Release of Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files
The Boy Scouts’ Perversion Files—the centerpiece of our 2010 trial victory in the case of Kerry Lewis v Boy Scouts, in which...
Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Files Made Public
Below are links to some of the coverage from yesterday’s Oregon Supreme Court ruling that made public 20,000 pages of secret files...
Liberty High School Teacher in Jail Awaiting Bail Hearing on Child Abuse Charges
According to a recent Oregonian article, Gregg Martin Jensen, a social studies teacher at Liberty High School in Hillsboro is in county...
Update: Father James Schook Found Guilty of Abusing Kids in Kentucky
Days after Pope Francis publicly asked forgiveness for all of the priests who have sexually abused children across the world, it would...
New Iowa Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed
Attorney Kelly Clark filed a new Boy Scout sex abuse lawsuit in Iowa against a Boy Scout leader who abused the survivor...
New Connecticut Boy Scout Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed Today
Attorney Kelly Clark filed a new sexual abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America. The abuse occurred in the 1980’s...
Thoughtful Media on the Sex Abuse Saga
For men and boys, a silver lining amid sex abuse scandals By Jessica Ravitz, CNN updated 12:08 PM EST, Sun January 29, 2012...
Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed
MT Sex abuse case filed against Boy Scouts detailed Posted: Sep 9, 2011 11:13 AM by Katy Harris (KAJ News) Updated: Sep...
New Boy Scout Abuse Lawsuit Filed
We’ve filed a new Boy Scout Abuse Lawsuit. Read more here
More Press Coverage on Mt. Bachelor Academy Lawsuit
Kristian Foden-Vencil | July 6, 2011 | Portland, OR OPB News Nine former students of a boarding school near Prineville, filed suit...
Former Twin Cities Boy Scout Leader Found Guilty of Felony Sexual Assault of Minors
Peter Robert Stibal, a former Boy Scout Troop Leader, has been found guilty of 4 felony counts of sexual assault on 4...
Author of “How To” Pedophile Book Arrested in Colorado
Colorado law enforcement officials have arrested the author of a “how to” book for pedophiles entitled, “”The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and...
Author of “How To” Pedophile Book Arrested in Colorado
Colorado law enforcement officials have arrested the author of a "how to" book for pedophiles entitled, ""The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and...
Amazon.com apparently yanks pedophile book
November 11, 2010 By Dan Boniface 9News.com DENVER – A controversial self-published book that offered advice to pedophiles has apparently been pulled...
Amazon defends ‘Pedophile’s Guide’
By Kelly Clark November 11, 2010 We encourage you to contact Amazon and express your outrage at this. This deserves a full...
Child abuse and crime victims groups file amicus brief urging the Oregon Supreme Court to help break the cycle of secrecy in child sexual abuse cases.
By Kelly Clark October 18, 2010 Stay tuned for more commentary to follow. Child abuse and crime victims groups file amicus brief...
Franciscan sex abuse case may be headed to CA Supreme Court
SANTA BARBARA By Attorney Brian Brosnahan The Santa Barbara News Network Monday, October 4, 2010 Less than 24 hours after the 2nd...
What The Pope Knew. A CNN Special Investigation
PRESS RELEASE – ‘WHAT THE POPE KNEW’ A CNN Special Investigation CNN national correspondent Gary Tuchman,reports for What the Pope Knew ,...
9th Circuit Strikes Down Oregon Child Pornography Law as Unconstitutional.
By Kelly Clark September 2010 Read here: Oregon sex-literature laws ruled unconstitutional This is what I meant when I said, in a...
For Immediate Release – Child Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against La Center School District
For Immediate Release September 20, 2010 For More Information: Michael Beaty (360) 695-7909 Kelly Clark (503) 306-0224 Vancouver, Wash—Two adults today filed...
Boy Scouts shield abuser files used to vet volunteers
By SCOTT K. PARKS / The Dallas Morning News sparks@dallasnews.com The Boy Scouts of America calls them the “perversion files.” The stories...
Boy Scouts, accusers settle sex abuse lawsuits
The Standard Examiner PORTLAND, Ore. — Six men who were sexually abused three decades ago by a leader of their Boy Scouts...
Men reach settlement with Boy Scouts in abuse cases
Portland Tribune Six men who were abused by a Boy Scout leader in the 1980s reached a financial settlement with the Boy...
Portland case has pushed Boy Scouts to better protect kids from abuse, attorneys say
By Aimee Green The Oregonian September 1, 2010 A settlement with six men molested by a former Portland Boy Scout leader is...
6 Ore. men settle Boy Scout sex abuse cases
By TIM FOUGHT Associated Press September 1, 2010 PORTLAND, Ore. — Six men who were sexually abused three decades ago by a...
Oregon Men Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Boy Scouts
By Amelia Templeton OPB September 1, 2010 Six men who alleged they were sexually abused by an Oregon Boy Scouts leader in...
Boy Scouts Settle Suit With Victims of Abuse
by Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times September 1, 2010 The Boy Scouts of America have reached a financial settlement with...
Boy Scout sex abuse cases spur changes
By SCOTT K. PARKS / The Dallas Morning News sparks@dallasnews.com Saturday, July 24, 2010 Pedophilia has dogged the Boy Scouts for...
Victim’s Attorney, Media Ask Judge to Open Boy Scouts’ Sex Abuse Files
CourthouseNewsService By Travis Sanford PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – “Secrecy is the fertilizer of sexual abuse!” attorney Kelly Clark thundered in his opening...
Families of molested Boy Scouts suing organization
TampaBayOnline May 21, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG – The families of three boys molested by convicted felon and former Pasco County Scoutmaster Steven...
Boy Scouts targeted in lawsuit
MyFox TampaBay Friday, May 21, 2010 TAMPA – Friday, three Bay Area families filed a civil lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of...
Boy Scouts of America getting sued for sexual abuse
BayNews9.com Friday, May 21, 2010 PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) — Attorneys filed a lawsuit in the St. Petersburg Civil Courthouse Friday...
Boy Scouts lagged in efforts to protect children from molesters
www.OregonLive.com May 23, 2010 BY LES ZAITZ and NICOLE DUNGCA The Boy Scouts‘ effort to protect their young members from sexual abuse...
Secret Boy Scout files document flawed history of child-protection in Oregon
(from the Oregonian) May 22nd, 2010 By LES ZAITZ and NICOLE DUNGCA When a parent heard that William E. Tobiassen, a longtime...
Jury awards $18.5 million in damages against Boy Scouts of America
Dallas Business Journal by Bill Hethcock The Irving-based Boy Scouts of America was ordered April 23 to pay $18.5 million in punitive damages...
Jury verdict hits Boy Scouts with $18.5 million in punitive damages
CNN.com (CNN) — An Oregon jury on Friday found the Boy Scouts of America liable for the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old...
Boy Scouts Must Pay Sex Abuse Victim $18.5 Million in Punitive Damages
NewsInferno.com The Boy Scouts of America have been ordered to pay a sexual abuse victim $18.5 million in punitive damages by an...
Sex abuse will cost Boy Scouts record $18.5 million
The Orange County Register A jury in Oregon ordered the Boy Scouts of America to pay $18.5 million to a former Scout who...
Scouts to pay $18.5m to abused man
(UKPA) – UK Press Association A jury has ordered the Boy Scouts of America to pay 18.5 million US dollars to...
Abused US boy scout wins $18m in further damages
By BBC News Network A sexually abused former US boy scout has been awarded punitive damages of $18.5m (£12m) at a trial...
$18.5 Million in Liability for Scouts in Abuse Case
By WILLIAM YARDLEY The New York Times PORTLAND, Ore. — The Boy Scouts of America were ordered Friday to pay $18.5 million...
Jury awards former Boy Scout Kerry Lewis $18.5 million in punitive damages in sex-abuse case
Salt Lake City Examiner A jury in Portland Oregon has awarded former Boy Scout Kerry Lewis $18.5 million in punitive damages in...
US Boy Scouts ordered to pay $18.5 million in abuse case
By AFP LOS ANGELES — A jury in Portland, Oregon on Friday ordered the Boy Scouts of America to pay 18.5 million...
Sexual abuse scandal rocks Boy Scouts of America after $18.5m payout
Organization accused of cover-up as it seeks to keep thousands of ‘perversion files’ secret By Chris McGreal The Guardian America’s Scouting movement...
SJC upholds Shanley child abuse convictions
January 15, 2010 By John R. Ellement and Jonathan Saltzman, Globe staff Defrocked Roman Catholic priest Paul Shanley today lost his appeal...
Irish Catholic Church ‘deeply ashamed’
The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has told UTV he was ashamed and shocked by the revelations of a report...
Lawsuits to be filed against Boy Scouts and Mormon Church
By Tom Hallman Jr., The Oregonian A Portland attorney who has filed multi-million dollar lawsuits over the years on behalf of hundreds...
Abuse lawsuit names Mormons, Boy Scouts
NevadaAppeal.com SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits Monday claiming childhood...
Mormon Church Named in Childhood Sex Abuse
KMJ 580 AM By Margaret Carrero Another religious leader is being accused of sexually molesting young boys — and this time —...
Oregon man filing suit against Mormon church
By KATU.com Staff and News Sources Video PORTLAND, Ore. – The attorney at the center of a number of high-profile cases against...
Mormon Church, Boy Scouts Sued For Sex Abuse In SF Court
San Francisco Appeal Three former Sunnyvale residents announced today they have sued the Mormon church, the Boy Scouts of America and their...
Men file abuse suits against Mormons, Boy Scouts
Associated Press By MARCUS WOHLSEN SAN FRANCISCO — The Mormon church and Boy Scouts of America were named as defendants in lawsuits...
Ore. man claims sex abuse by Mormon youth leader
A Mormon youth leader in Oregon has been accused of sexually abusing a boy in the mid-1970s in a lawsuit filed Monday...
Mormon Church Official Accused of Molestation
KCBS.com SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — A suit filed in San Francisco Superior Court accuses the Mormon Church and the Boy Scouts of America...
Mormon Brothers Unload Dark Tale of Sex Abuse
Church figure, Boy Scout leader accused By Joe Rosato Jr NBCBayArea There wasn’t much about the three men, other than their considerable...
Brothers accuse Mormon Church of abuse, file suit
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Three brothers filed a lawsuit in San Francisco containing allegations against both the Mormon Church and the Boy...
Onetime Scout Master Dustin Hall Named in Sexual Abuse Suit Against Boy Scouts and Mormon Church
Seattle Weekly By Vernal Coleman in Law & Courts It’s been a while since a truly ugly scandal involving the Boy...
Mormons, Boy Scouts sued for sex abuse in Washington
Seattle Post Intelligencer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — A man has sued the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts, claiming he and...
A man who claims he was molested as a camper sues Boy Scouts
By Aimee Green, The Oregonian October 26, 2009 A man who claims he was molested by a Boy Scouts’ camp ranger in...
FBI, Police Rescue Scores Of Child Prostitutes; Arrest Alleged Victimizers
www.NPR.org By Frank James Some stories are just hard to read or hear about. Child prostitution nears the top of that list....
Burnsville scoutmaster’s behavior made parents wary
In scouting, trust is important, and troops act as a family to address problems. How did that backfire in Burnsville? By JOY...
Minneapolis ScoutMaster Indicted on Child Abuse Charges: Why the Kids Never Tell.
By Kelly Clark October 23rd, 2009 So I was in the middle of a mediation in Portland yesterday on a case of...
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Release of Sex Abuse Papers
The justices on Monday turned down a request by the Roman Catholic diocese in Bridgeport, Conn. Foxnews.com Monday, November 5th, 2009 The...
Woman that was placed in family with sex offender sues DHS
KATU.com By Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 19-year-old woman has filed a $5.25 million lawsuit against the Oregon Department of...
“They Should Have Known”: Abused Foster Child Sues State Department of Human Services
Posted by Sean Breslin PortlandMercury.com September 2, 2009 Wednesday morning started bleakly for the Oregon Department of Human Services Children and Families...
Lawsuit blames Oregon for foster child’s sexual abuse
By ANNE YEAGER, Kgw.com PORTLAND, Ore. — A 19-year-old woman has filed a $5.25 million lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human...
Oregon woman sues state, alleging foster abuse
KTVZ.com Associated Press – September 2, 2009 3:25 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 19-year-old woman has filed a $5.25 million...
Oregon woman sues state, alleging foster abuse
KOIN.com PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 19-year-old woman has filed a $5.25 million lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services...
The Boy Scouts: Not Responsible
So we see once again that the Boy Scouts of America is making a sophisticated, but just factually untrue, argument. They say...
Passions Remain High as Child Victims Act Is Derailed After Bruising Fight
By PAUL VITELLO Published: August 9, 2009 NewYorkTimes.com Assemblywoman Margaret M. Markey was rushed to an Albany hospital on June 23, the...
Bill to Raise Age of Sex Abuse Victims Moves Through Legislature
Salem-News.com Tim King June 25th, 2009 After clearing the House, House Bill 2827 will go to Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski to be...
Connecticut court orders release of sealed documents on clergy abuse
By Catholic News Service Posted: 6/2/2009 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CNS) — Bridgeport diocesan officials said they were reviewing their options after a May...
For Immediate Release – Child Sex Abuse Victims Group Speaks Out For Statute Of Limitations Bill
CHILD SEX ABUSE VICTIMS GROUP SPEAKS OUT FOR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS BILL For Immediate Release May 27, 2009 For More Information Matt...
Irish priests beat, raped children: report
REUTERS By Padraic Halpin and Carmel Crimmins DUBLIN (Reuters) – Priests beat and raped children during decades of abuse in Catholic-run institutions...
For Immediate Release – New Priest Abuse Documents Posted
Additional Sex Abuse Documents on Catholic Priests Made Available on Abuse Website For More Information: Kelly Clark, Esq. 503-306-0224 kellyc@oandc.com Portland, Ore—Fr...
Sex abuse suit filed against Oregon Adventists
KTVZ.com Associated Press April 10, 2009 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A $6 million lawsuit has been filed against the Seventh-day Adventist Church...
Dublin Archbishop: Report on Priest Sex Abuse ‘Will Shock Us All’
FoxNews Thursday, April 09, 2009 DUBLIN — The Archbishop of Dublin said Thursday that an upcoming report on child sexual abuse involving...
Lawsuit claims sexual abuse by teen with Seventh Day Adventists
by Helen Jung The Oregonian Thursday April 09, 2009 A brother and sister are suing a Salem church and the Western Oregon...
Florence extended care center sued
The Associated Press Oregonlive.com February 20, 2009 FLORENCE, Ore. (AP) — An extended living center in Florence is being sued for alleged...
Elder Assisted Living Facility Hit With Second Lawsuit
Salem-News.com “Our position is that you don’t get a second chance, let alone a third, when it comes to protecting vulnerable senior...
Lawyers disputing Jesuits’ estimate of assets
by Bryan Denson and Nancy Haught The Oregonian Wednesday February 18, 2009 The ink on the Northwest Jesuits’ bankruptcy filing was still...
Sex abuse suits drive Jesuits to file bankruptcy
by Bryan Denson and Nancy Haught The Oregonian Tuesday February 17, 2009 The Northwest’s Jesuits filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization today...
West Coast cases filed
by Bon Babwin and William McCall Associated Press Wednesday February 11, 2009 Cleveland Local News In other developments, a Portland, Ore., man...
Oregon firm files abuse lawsuits against churches
2/11/2009 The Associated Press www.OregonLife.com PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland man has filed a $4 million lawsuit against the Franciscan Friars...
Priest Abuse Lawsuit Filed Against Franciscan Order
February 11, 2009 For More Information: Attorney Kelly Clark (503) 306-0224 or kellyc@oandc.com Portland, Ore–Today a Portland man filed a $4M child...
Lawsuit Dismissed
By Rebecca Mayer The Lake Oswego Review February 5, 2009 Clackamas County Circuit Court dismissed a lawsuit against Lake Oswego School District...
U.S. Investigates Los Angeles Archdiocese Officials
By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER www.WallStreetJournal.com LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities are investigating the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles to see whether top...
Cardinal Mahony under federal investigation over abusive priests, sources say
The U.S. attorney in L.A. reportedly launched a grand jury probe to see if the prelate failed to adequately deal with such...
Milo Adventist Academy Faces Lawsuit Over Sexual Abuse Allegations
The News Review October 31, 2008 A lawsuit has been filed against the Milo Adventist Academy over allegations that a woman who...
Sex Abuse Allegations Filed Against Salem Church
Lawyers for the plaintiff say a fifteen-year old male who molested a seven-year old girl had an established history as a sex...
Study: Most Child Abuse Goes Unreported
TIME.com By Tiffany Sharples Tuesday, Dec. 02, 2008 Children in highly developed countries suffer abuse and neglect much more often than is...
Judge Orders Archiocese To Release Priest Sex Abuse Documents
BY PETE SPRINGER – OPB News November 26, 2008 U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan Wednesday ordered the Archdiocese of Portland to release...
Ore. judge orders release of priest abuse records
The Associated Press 11/27/2008, 4:40 p.m. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge ordered the release of more documents from the Roman...
Documents identify former local priest in single claim of sexual abuse
A Vida man’s name surfaces when a judge releases records tied to lawsuits filed against the Portland archdiocese By Karen McCowan The...
Sex-abuse award largest in state
Woman’s $4.5 million in damages stem from suit against stepfather Statesman Journal November 11, 2008 A woman was awarded a total of...
Woman awarded $4.5 million in sex abuse case
Associated Press November 10, 2008 SALEM, Ore. (AP) – A woman who sued her stepfather after claiming she was repeatedly sexually abused...
Jury awards woman $1.5 million in child-abuse case
She says her stepfather physically and sexually harmed her as a child Statesman Journal November 7, 2008 A Marion County jury awarded...
Cathedral offers garden to sex abuse victims
OAKLAND, California (CNN) — Terrie Light stands outside Oakland’s stunning new modern cathedral in a first-of-its-kind garden that honors victims of clergy...
Higher Balance Institute faces sex abuse lawsuit
The Associated Press 10/21/2008 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Higher Balance Institute and its founders face a sex abuse lawsuit. The complaint...
NAPSAC ~ Ending the Sexual Abuse of Children in Three Generations
America’s children desperately need your help. Most of us are unaware that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will...
Oregon veteran among troops suffering sexual trauma
by Julie Sullivan and Charles Pope The Oregonian Saturday October 11, 2008 Jeff Elizalde’s patriotism is as plain as the U.S. flags...
Mediation set for Oregon Jesuits sex abuse case
Seattlepi.com THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORTLAND – Mediation has been scheduled for a $15 million sex abuse lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Church...
Sex Abuse Case Against Jesuits In Mediation
By Andrew Theen Portland, OR August 10, 2008 Attorneys for the Society of Jesus Oregon Province are in mediation with a...
2 more ex-Scouts say leader molested them
Lawsuit – The men are seeking $8.5 million from the Boy Scouts and Mormon church Thursday, June 26, 2008 PETER ZUCKERMAN The...
Two Portland men join sex-abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts, Mormon church
Posted by Peter Zuckerman, The Oregonian June 25, 2008 15:00PM Two Portland men filed an $8.5 million lawsuit today against the Mormon...
Two Men to File Suit Against LDS Church & Boy Scouts of America
Local News 8 Pocatello Falls, ID Two more men are set to file suit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Two Men to File Suit Against LDS Church & Boy Scouts of America
Local News 8 Pocatello Falls, ID Two more men are set to file suit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Talks aim to settle sex abuse lawsuit
$25 million – Six men have filed against the Boy Scouts and the Mormon church Wednesday, June 11, 2008 PETER ZUCKERMAN The...
Settlement talks set in Boy Scout sex-abuse cases
Posted by The Associated Press June 10, 2008 14:23PM Oregonlive.com Settlement hearings are planned this week for a $25 million lawsuit that...
Diocese faces complex choices
June 1, 2008 By Sam Hemingway Free Press Staff Writer Dorothy Whiston was upset when she first learned in 2006 that her...
Documents released by the Portland Archdiocese add little to the facts on the sex scandal
The details reveal plenty of everyday information about 14 accused priests but very little on sex abuse Thursday, April 17, 2008 ASHBEL...
Portland Archdiocese to release documents related to sex abuse claims
The move is part of the Catholic Church’s bankruptcy reorganization plan By Ryan Geddes LocalNewsDaily.com Apr 17, 2007 The Archdiocese of Portland...
Portland Archdiocese releases 20,000 documents on the priest sex abuse scandal
Portland Archbishop John Vlazny says the unscheduled release of the documents has nothing to do with Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit Wednesday,...
Portland Archdiocese releases priest files
Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A year after the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland settled its bankruptcy case for about $50 million,...
Archdiocese document dispute to enter hearings and mediation
By Ed Langlois A Portland attorney who refused to enter talks over an Archdiocese of Portland document release is continuing a solo...
Supreme court rules against city on abuse
Oregon high court confirms report date as key in civil suit By WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press writer By RODGER NICHOLS of The...
Judge takes on clergy abuse records dispute
By Bill Bishop The Register-Guard PORTLAND — Lawyers who charge the Archdiocese of Portland is going back on a promise to open...
Oregon Supreme Court allows sex abuse claim
By WILLIAM McCALL The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The statute of limitations on a sex abuse claim against a government...
Three men file abuse suit vs. school district
Lawsuit, stemming from alleged 1970s incidents, seeks $6.3 million and to change statute of limitations By Sam Bennett The Lake Oswego Review,...
Lawyer in sex abuse suit deems case typical
By JESSICA KELLER ARGUS OBSERVER Sunday, March 9, 2008 4:58 AM PDT VALE – The attorney for the Portland man suing the...
Three men sue district over alleged abuse
Lake Oswego – The men accuse a former teacher of sex abuse in ’73 or ’74 Friday, February 29, 2008 BILL...
Oregon archdiocese dispute over documents headed back to court
By WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nearly a year after a settlement was announced to end the...
Archdiocese Deal Breaking Down In Dispute Over Documents
By Pete Springer OPB.com Portland, OR February 25, 2008 Negotiations to release documents related to the Portland Archdiocese clergy sex abuse cases...
Mormons, Boy Scouts targets of new suit
Abuse alleged – The plaintiff is the seventh Portland man to sue the Boy Scouts Friday, February 22, 2008 PETER ZUCKERMAN The...
Portland Man From Nampa Suing LDS & Boy Scouts
KTRV – Fox 12, Boise, Idaho Nampa, Idaho — A former Nampa teenager is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Portland Man From Nampa Suing LDS & Boy Scouts
KTRV – Fox 12, Boise, Idaho Nampa, Idaho — A former Nampa teenager is suing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter...
Accuser files sex abuse lawsuit
Idaho Press Tribune and The Associated Press BOISE — A man has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Boy Scouts and...
Man sues Scouts, LDS Church for $5m over alleged child sex abuse
Salt Lake City Tribune Associated Press BOISE – A man has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Boy Scouts and The...
Former Nampa boy scout sues Scouts, LDS Church for $5 million
By Adam Rodriguez KCBI CBS 2 TREASURE VALLEY – A former Nampa boy scout is claiming he was sexually abused by a...
Man files sex abuse suit against Nampa Scouts, Mormon church
KTVB.com Rebecca Boone Associated Press BOISE — A man has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Boy Scouts and the Church...
Lawsuit Filed Against Boy Scouts & LDS Church
A man has filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Boy Scouts and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,...
Nampa area LDS Ward and scout troop to be hit with sex abuse lawsuit
Story Created: Feb 20, 2008 at 4:15 PM MST By KBCI staff NAMPA – A new childhood sexual abuse lawsuit will be...
Schools cut secret deals with abusive teachers
They call it “passing the trash,” and it’s a common policy that lets child abusers resign and move to another district By...
Schools let sex abuse cases slide
Records show a pattern of missed red flags and ignored complaints from students By AMY HSUAN, MELISSA NAVAS and BILL GRAVES The...
Man sues Scouts, alleging ’70s abuse
Courts – A suit claims the group was aware of sexual abuse but let two leaders stay around boys Friday, February 01,...
Sex Abuse Scandal Catches Up with Religious Orders
by Barbara Bradley Hagerty All Things Considered, December 31, 2007 · When it comes to sexual abuse, the religious orders have flown...
Judge rejects request to dismiss lawsuit over priest
Staff report Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS— A judge has rejected an archdiocese’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed over a “serial predator” priest...
Church wants to write own script
November 14, 2007 BY CAROL MARIN Sun-Times Columnist Jim Cummins died 18 days before this week’s meeting of the U.S. Conference of...
Give victims more time to file sexual-abuse claims
BY MARCI A. HAMILTON Newsday.com Marci A. Hamilton is a professor of public law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law...
Adding to ‘this great darkness’
The Oregonian Sunday, October 28, 2007 The Portland Archdiocese has lost its mind. As if determined to prove it has learned nothing...
Portland archdiocese seeks disclosure of name in sex abuse suit
By WILLIAM McCALL The Associated Press 10/25/2007, 4:20 p.m. PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Six months after a historic bankruptcy settlement between...
Despite deal, latest case reopens priest abuse pain
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 ASHBEL S. GREEN Lawsuit – The Portland archdiocese wants new accusers to reveal their names after alerting the...
Church representatives hear how to reduce kids’ victimization
By RICHARD KOE Christian News Northwest PORTLAND — More than 70 pastors and church leaders got a heavy dose of information...
Video: KPTV coverage of the Timur Dykes/Boy Scouts Lawsuit
From KPTV – FOX 12 NEWS – 10/4/2007
Six men sue LDS Church, Boy Scouts over alleged ‘infestation of child abuse’
By WILLIAM McCALL The Associated Press October 3, 2007 PORTLAND — A $25 million sex abuse lawsuit against the Church of Jesus...
Abuse Lawsuit Alleges Widespread Problems With Mormons, Boy Scouts
KXMC CBS 13 North Dakota PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A $25 million lawsuit against the Mormon church and the Boy Scouts alleges that...
Sex Abuse Victims Want $25 Million From LDS Church
KUTV Channel 2 News Salt Lake City, Utah Written by: Doug G. Ware Email: dware@kutv2.com SALT LAKE CITY – Several men have filed...
Mormon Church, Boy Scouts sex abuse lawsuit grows
Reuters Wed Oct 3, 2007 8:24pm EDT PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – A lawsuit filed against the Mormon Church and the Boy Scouts...
Men sue Scouts, Mormon church
$25 million – The six allege a former troop leader and church teacher abused them Thursday, October 04, 2007 PETER ZUCKERMAN The...
Four More File Abuse Suit Against Mormon Elder
KOIN 6 News October 3, 2007 PORTLAND – Four more men filed suit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day...
Video: Mormon Church, Boy Scouts named in new sex abuse lawsuit
The lawsuit claims both organizations knew the danger of having Timur Dykes, 51, as a scout leader and did not take steps...
Sex abuse by nuns: the unknown story
By Christopher Landau BBC News Tuesday, 2 October 2007 The crisis over child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church has cost...
Woman: When she was 7, molested by teen at E. Salem Seventh Day Adventist Church
Associated Press – September 5, 2007 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A 23-year-old Oregon woman says she was sexually molested multiple times as...
Man sues Boy Scout Cascade Pacific Council for $3 million
By Gina Parosa Wednesday, August 15, 2007 Victim’s attorney wants a jury to agree that the Scouts were at fault for allowing...
Oregon Boy Scouts sued in sex abuse case
An attorney for a man who claims he was abused by a local Boy Scout leader as a child in the 1950s...
Sex Abuse Suit Filed Against Boy Scouts
A sex abuse case has been filed against the Boy Scouts of America and its Oregon chapter. A former scout has accused...
Sex abuse case expected against Boy Scouts’ Portland group
A Portland attorney was expected to file a childhood sexual abuse case against the Boy Scouts of America and the local chapter...
Nuns target of new sex abuse suits filed against Catholic church in Portland
Six more sex abuse lawsuits were filed Thursday in federal court against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland, the first complaints since...
Order to release financial data has LDS Church, courts on collision course
An Oregon Supreme Court ruling ordering the LDS Church to release detailed financial information to an alleged abuse victim could have wide-ranging...
Court says LDS Church must release long-veiled financial information
The Oregon Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Mormon church to withhold financial information from the lawyers for a man who...
LDS Church abuse lawsuit set for mediation
A $45 million sex-abuse lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be mediated by a judge in an...
Protecting the Innocent
But the days of ignoring that sexual abuse of youths can take place in churches, ministries and Christian schools is over. In...
Church Releases Sex Abuse Documents
The Archdiocese of Portland has released the first installment of documents concerning priests who sexually abused children, an unprecedented move that church...
Man files $5 mil suit against Farm Home
The suit alleges former Farm Home Executive Director William "Hank" Dufort abused the plaintiff, who is now 45, countless times over a...