Written By Shenandoah Briere/ The Daily Gazette The foster care system is systemically flawed, according to a child sex abuse survivor and her attorneys who recently filed a lawsuit against Schenectady County, the Office of Family and Children Services and 10 unnamed individuals. The case, filed under the Child Victim’s Act, is one of …
By SYDNEY SCHAEFER CANTON — Two foster fathers allegedly sexually abused a young girl in foster care in St. Lawrence County nearly 50 years ago, according to a lawsuit filed against the county last week. The woman, identified as her initials C.I. in court documents, filed suit in state Supreme Court in St. Lawrence County …
Lawmakers in Colorado are discussing opening a window to allow adult victims of child sex abuse to file claims agains their perpetrators. The window of opportunity had previously been closed due to statute of limitations expiring. Lawmakers are talking about whether to give victims of child sexual abuse an unlimited time frame to file suits …
Last week a woman, known as the initials J.S., filed a civil suit against the Dalton School, a prestigious private institution on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Under the Child Victims Act, a claim can now be made by people to file suits against their abusers, who had previously been unable to file …
by: Michella Drapac Posted on ABC27.com : Jan 13, 2021 HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – More than a dozen pieces of legislation in Pennsylvania, aimed at helping sexual assault victims, are now law. According to officials with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR), all of their legislative priorities for the 2019/2020 legislative session are now law, something …
Story by Pennsylvania Real-Time News Pa. House passes measure to allow voters to create a window for child sex abuse victims to go to court Updated Jan 27, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021By Ivey DeJesus Pennsylvania on Wednesday stepped closer to paving the way for adults who were sexually abused as children to seek recourse in court …
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced last week that Father Michael Pfleger, a respected priest in Chicago, has stepped down from his ministry after a decades-old child sexual abuse allegation. Cardinal Blase Cupich sent a letter to the St. Sabina community, addressing the child sex abuse accusations against Father Pfleger, dating back more than 40 …
Tempe police have spent the past 6 months investigating 48-year-old Mario Rodriguez-Ramirez, a man who was once a pastor. Police said the sexual abuse began in 2015, when the little girl was just 9 years old and he was the pastor of her Church. Rodriguez-Ramirez took the victim and two other children to Kiwanis …
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I Was Sexually Abused by My High School Coach. Forty Years Later, I’m Taking Action In a civil lawsuit, a champion runner alleges exploitation at the hands of an adult she trusted. She details how the abuse changed the course of her life in an exclusive to Runner’s World. BY MARISA SUTERA STRANGE JAN 19, 2021 …
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