Herman, Mermelstein & Horowitz, P.A.

Today, the State of Illinois took a huge step toward ensuring the safety of its citizens by revoking the licenses of 11 healthcare workers previously convicted of sexual assault and battery.

On Wednesday, Herman, Mermelstein & Horowitz, P.A., filed three new lawsuits against the Archdiocese of Miami.  The suits claim that three men were abused as children by Fr. Neil Flemming at Boystown in the 1960s.  Fr. Flemming's deposition, taken earlier this year in two other sex abuse lawsuits against the Archdiocese, will also be released.

In 2003, Archbishop Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua testified before a Philadelphia Grand Jury investigating allegations of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests and his testimony was only recently released to the public.

BishopAccountability.Org, a non-profit organization that has really been the clearinghouse for information on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, released the names of Catholic Bishops accused of abuse themselves.

I am honored to be on the Board of Directors of KidSafe Foundation, a South Florida based non-profit dedicated to educating children and parents about the prevention of sexual abuse.  Read the most recent KidSafe blog on the dangers of teachers "friending" students on Facebook.