When a crime is committed, there is a limited period of time afterward when the crime can be reported to the authorities and charges filed. In most states, there are statutes of limitations that limit the time when someone can be charged with a crime.…
New York’s population is over 30% Catholic. With the abundance of Roman Catholic Churches and schools in the state and the sordid reality of predatory clergy, it’s unsurprising that New York has a significant number of priest sex abuse claims. The widespread molestation and rape…
Priest abuse has been a steady and disturbing pattern across the U.S. for decades. Currently, cases are pouring in, and the list of clergy credibly accused of abuse continues to grow in New York state. Four dioceses in New York have filed for Chapter 11…
The Boy Scouts of America, an organization whose oath requires “…duty to God, country and Scout law,” has been dogged for years by major allegations and lawsuits stemming from child sexual abuse, including severe rape cases. On July 1, however, the Boy Scouts of America…
It has been 18 years since Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which officially called for a zero-tolerance policy while aiming to curb the sexual violence plaguing correctional institutions across the country. Unfortunately, female prisoners continue to suffer sexual abuse while incarcerated at alarming…
A few weeks ago, a Catholic priest on the verge of being ordained bishop of Duluth, MN, was forced to resign after being accused of sexual abuse of a minor during the early 1980s. A year ago, Kevin Bourgeois, leader of the New Orleans chapter…