Category: News Articles

Albany Times-Union | By Brendan J. Lyons, Managing Editor Thousands of sexual abuse claims hang in the balance of a battle between the archdiocese and an insurer that says the church is responsible for what happened. April 23, 2024 ALBANY — A state appellate court delivered a devastating blow to the Archdiocese of New York in a unanimous…

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Wall Street Journal | By Soma Biswas April 23, 2024 The insurer says its policies shouldn’t cover abuse by clergy and staff because the alleged misconduct was ‘expected and intended’ Chubb may move forward with its lawsuit to avoid paying liabilities stemming fromsex-abuse claims lodged against the Archdiocese of New York, a New York state appeals…

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Spectrum News New York | BY REBECCA GREENBERG BROOKLYN PUBLISHED 6:00 AM ET APR. 19, 2024 After decades of what the state attorney general calls a mishandling of clergy sex abuse cases, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn agreed to install an independent secular monitor. “There are many people like me out there. We know that there…

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Albany Times-Union | By Brendan J. Lyons | March 28, 2024 ALBANY — A coalition representing alleged survivors of child sexual abuse are calling on state lawmakers to investigate the insurance industry’s practices as many of those companies — which have provided policies to New York Catholic dioceses dating back decades — are fighting efforts to have the insurers…

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By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Updated: Feb. 16, 2024, 7:05 a.m.|Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 9:32 a.m. The victim is unnamed, identified only as Doe 68. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family and a parishioner of the Church of St. Gregory the Great in Hamilton Square within the Diocese of Trenton, he — or…

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NJ.com | By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The victim is unnamed, identified only as Doe 68. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family and a parishioner of the Church of St. Gregory the Great in Hamilton Square within the Diocese of Trenton, he — or she — was allegedly sexually abused by a…

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January 29th, 2024 The Honorable Letitia JamesAttorney General of the State of New York Office of the New York State Attorney General The CapitolAlbany NY 12224-0341 Re: Urgent Call for Investigation into New York State Insurance Industry and CHUBB’s Conspiracy to Defraud Child Victims Act Survivors Dear Attorney General James, The Coalition for Just and…

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Politico Playbook (NY) | By  JASON BEEFERMAN  01/29/2024 04:26 PM EST With help from Irie Sentner Time is not on their side. Five years after the state Legislature passed the Child Victims Act into law, hundreds of victims are still waiting for compensation decades after being abused. The act, which gave victims a “look-back” window for abuse survivors…

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POLITICO | By  JASON BEEFERMAN  01/29/2024 04:26 PM EST With help from Irie Sentner Time is not on their side. Five years after the state Legislature passed the Child Victims Act into law, hundreds of victims are still waiting for compensation decades after being abused. The act, which gave victims a “look-back” window for abuse survivors to file…

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