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Father Kelly’s Curse: Mixed Feelings Surface in Sex-Abuse Settlement

A judge ruled Monday that confidential personnel files on Roman Catholic clergy accused of molesting children can be made public even if the clerics were never charged with a crime and legal claims against them were not proven.

Serving as lead counsel, NSH&M realizes a ground breaking decision in Los Angeles Superior Court Court Orders: Ground Breaking Settlement

A fifth allegation of sexual abuse has been filed against the Roman Catholic Church over the actions of the late Rev.

More than 14 years after the whispers became public accusations of child sexual abuse by Santa Barbaran Franciscan friars, a settlement has finally been reached that will open church documents to the public.

NSH&M Goes to the United States Supreme Court Verdict Report Supreme Court Decision

Olivas is one of five men suing the San Diego and San Bernardino diocese, alleging that Rodrigue molested them at St. George in the late 1970s. At least 10 other men have filed suit over allegations of abuse by Rodrigue elsewhere.

It’s been 27 years, and Margaret Schettler cannot remember the boy’s name. But she cannot forget his face. He had brown hair and brown eyes – bright, eager eyes. He always rode his bike to the parish rectory, and he always asked for Father Tony.

Nearly two decades after he allegedly was sexually molested by a priest who ran the Santa Barbara Boys Choir, John L. Allen will receive $1.7 million to drop his Superior Court lawsuit again Franciscan Friars of California.