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Many organizations such as the Roman Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America have filed for “Chapter 11” Bankruptcy to limit their potential financial losses in sexual abuse lawsuits. In today’s post our sexual abuse victim’s lawyer explains how a Chapter 11 filing could affect your rights if you are considering such a lawsuit.

Every state allows an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse to file a lawsuit against their abuser, but limit the “time window” to file such lawsuits. In today’s post, our sexual abuse victims’ lawyer explains how “discovery” of sexual abuse affects a victim’s ability to sue their abusers.

Grooming refers to the actions taken by a sexual abuser to “prepare” or “condition’ a victim prior to the actual abuse.

Church Security and Your Safety: Protecting Your Family in Houses of Worship Each week, families across the United States attend services and gatherings in churches, synagogues, mosques, as well as at other religious and spiritual centers. In nearly all instances, those attending worship and other gatherings have positive experiences. With that said, every week there are people who are injured in some manner while being on the premises of a house or worship or spiritual center. More often than not,…

US Bishops: Reports of Sexual Abuse by Priests Tripled in 2019 As the Roman Catholic Church struggles to improve its public image in the wake of the ongoing scandals involving sexual abuse by priests, a report released by the US Council of Bishops suggests that the Church’s problems are far from over. According to a story published by Associated Press, the Council of Bishops’ report states that there were 4,434 new sexual abuse allegations against clergy in the 2019, three…