Lawyers representing men and women who were abused as children while in state custody said newly signed legislation will lead ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of child sexual abuse survivors claims that the Archdiocese of Baltimore is trying to skirt its ...

Subject to court approval, the settlement would be the second-largest contribution by a bankrupt Roman Catholic institution ...

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The recently announced settlement is more than five years in the making and follows over 800 claims of sexual abuse.

The provisional settlement comes after years of negotiation with the scandal-plagued diocese in New York’s second-largest ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo has reportedly reached a $150 million settlement with individuals who filed hundreds of lawsuits claiming sex abuse by clergy members. Multiple media outlets, ...

The recent amendments to Maryland’s Child Victims Act, unveiled in a month dedicated to child abuse prevention awareness — April — are deeply troubling. The legislation curtails the state ...

More than two dozen men have come forward with allegations of child sexual abuse by faculty and clergy at Calvert Hall ...