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At the end of May 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York signed into law the Adult Survivors of Act of ASA. The ASA is a companion to the Child Victims Act that became law in 2019. Both laws expand the statutes of limitations to provide survivors of sexual abuse more time to sue perpetrators. The statute of limitations establishes a deadline by which sexual abuse lawsuits must be filed in New York. If the deadline is not met, a…

The iconic Thacher School in Ojai, California, continues to be rocked by allegations of sexual abuse of students by faculty members. There are also allegations of student upon student sexual abuse as well. These latest California sexual abuse allegations have yet again upended this otherwise venerable institution, founded in 1889. Thacher School: Home to the Famous and Well-Healed The Thacher School counts numerous well-known and powerful alums among its graduates. These include: Howard Hughes Joely Richardson Noah Wyle Tuition at…

A New York neurologist is accused of raping and otherwise sexually abusing multiple patients over a 15-year period of time. The sexual victimization of the patients of Dr. Ricardo Cruciani occurred not only in New York but in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well. The patients raped and sexually assaulted by the neurologist went to Cruciani for help with debilitation chronic pain. Information about his medical practice indicates that Cruciani held himself out professionally as being able to treat rare…

A Texas physician is alleged to have continuously sexually abused multiple children. Matt Hipke maintained a medical practice in Longview, Texas, he called Adolescent Care Team. Hipke appears to have sexually assaulted male and female patients alike. These included children under the age of 17, some even younger than 14-years-old. The medical practice is now shuttered in the aftermath of what appear to widespread accusations about sexual abuse of minors. Hipke is said to have utilized a number of tactics…

Nathan Sutherland was a nurse at a Hacienda Healthcare center located in Phoenix, Arizona. One of his charges at the skilled care facility was woman in a persistent vegetative state. The resident was in a vegetative state as the result of a near-drowning accident. The defenseless resident ended up being raped multiple times by Sutherland. The woman ended up pregnant as the result of being sexually assaulted by the nurse. After the resident was impregnated by the Hacienda Healthcare nurse,…