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Chaos erupts over SBC legal filing in Louisville abuse lawsuit
By Bob Smietana — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — A friend-of-the-court filing has led to questions of whether the Southern Baptist Convention has changed its ways in dealing with abuse.
Upstate New York Catholic diocese announces $100 million settlement for sexual abuse victims
By Associated Press — July 28, 2023
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The Syracuse diocese, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2020, said there are 411 claims involving 387 people, with some people filing multiple claims.
Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
By David Sharp — June 12, 2023
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — More survivors are pursuing cases as states increasingly consider repealing time limits for child sex crime lawsuits.
Judge vacates former youth minister’s sex abuse convictions
By Bobby Ross Jr. — March 29, 2019
(RNS) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the conviction of a former Church of Christ youth minister accused of abusing children at the youth camp he oversaw. The judge said he "reluctantly" ruled that the statute of limitations for reporting the allegations had expired.
Anti-abuse activists pan US Catholic bishops’ new proposals
By The Associated Press — September 21, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — Critics called on the bishops to go further by allowing outside investigators full access to church sex-abuse records and by supporting changes to statute-of-limitation laws.
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