Does a new federal law apply to diocese lay review boards?

Here are a boatload of questions for you: Last week, Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Speak Out Act. According to PBS Newshour: President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of sexual harassment from speaking publicly about misconduct in the workplace. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre…Continue reading Does a new federal law apply to diocese lay review boards?

It’s Gonna be a Bad Year for Predator Celebrities

Yesterday, five women sued Bill Cosby for sexual in New York State under that state’s new “Adult Victims Act.” The law, which gives adult survivors of sexual assault a one-year window to use the civil courts to expose sexual assault and get accountability, took effect on Thanksgiving. It’s modeled on the highly successful Child Victims’…Continue reading It’s Gonna be a Bad Year for Predator Celebrities

Maryland: 158 abusers, 600 victims

From the Maryland Daily Record: A 456-page report from the Maryland Attorney General’s Office identifies 158 Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse, including 43 that were never publicly named by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, as part of a four-year investigation into the history of child sexual abuse by members of the clergy. The investigation also…Continue reading Maryland: 158 abusers, 600 victims

If your kid goes to Anaheim’s Katella HS, read this:

Two survivors of child sexual abuse have said Katella High School’s David Sepe sexually abused them while he was their teacher at Savannah High School. Both schools are in the Anaheim’s Union High School District. But it gets worse – Sepe was accused in the early 2000s of abuse The Anaheim Unified HS District knew…Continue reading If your kid goes to Anaheim’s Katella HS, read this: