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May 26, 2020

Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown Priests accused of sexually abusing kids dating back to the 1970’s

Timothy Paul McGettigan, from Texas claims he was sexually abused and tortured by several priests in a church basement in the 1970s. He is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown and one of its churches, St. Catharine of Siena in Reading. The 2018 Pennsylvania grand jury report exposed the Allentown Diocese priests of unreported sexual abuse by clergy across the state, which is what gave McGettigan the idea to come forward., once he realized he was not the only victim. In the lawsuit, McGettigan alleges he was sexually abused by two priests, the Rev. Joseph Grembocki and the […]

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May 19, 2020

Poland’s Roman Catholic Church asks Vatican to investigate sex abuse spanning decades

Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the head of Poland’s Roman Catholic Church, is asking the Vatican to investigate the cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests after the release of a documentary on the subject this weekend. The film is about the story of two brothers who want to confront a priest who allegedly abused them when they were children. The Vatican is expected to assign an investigator to the case. The film – “Hide and Seek” – has gained popularity on YouTUbe with over 1.9 million views. Hide and Seek is the second documentary on the subject by brothers Marek and […]

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May 15, 2020

State Supreme Court justice ruled the New York’s Child Victims Act constitutional

Yesterday, A state Supreme Court justice ruled the New York’s Child Victims Act constitutional. The CVA, which has given survivors of sexual abuse that were previously not able to file civil suit due to statute of limitations restrictions, an opportunity to file decades-old complaints against their alleged offenders. The CVA is a window to file a civil case. The Rockville Centre Catholic Diocese on Long Island, has been campaigning to dismiss the cases that have been filed against them due to the Child Victims Act that opened the window to file. The diocese has more than 40 claims under […]

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May 11, 2020

Former tutor admits to having sexual relationship with teenager while she was his student

A former member of the faculty of Natrona County School District has admitted to sexually abusing a girl back in July 2016.The accused, Jason G. Waugaman, has pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual abuse of a minor in Natrona County District Court via video conference since he could not appear in person due to COVID-19 restrictions. Waugaman accepted a plea agreement to serve six to twelve years in prison even though two second degree sexual abuse of a minor charges have been dropped. Waugaman was 33-years-old and the victim was a teenager at the time the sexual abuse took place. […]

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May 8, 2020

New Hope for victims of child sex abuse as Child Victims Act window extended

The state of New York’s court system has made an exception, which will take place in the next few weeks, to allow new filings of childhood sex abuse cases under the Child Victims Act. During his daily coronavirus briefing on Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that the window for people to file lawsuits regarding the Child Victims Act has been extended to January. “We will not deny those litigants the ability to file,” the spokesman, Lucian Chalfen, said in an email. An executive order to extend the Child Victims act has been discussed since COVID-19 crisis began affecting the courts, and arguments […]

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May 8, 2020

Assistant Principal of Day Care in El Dorado arrested amid allegations of child sex abuse

A day care worker in El Dorado has been arrested under a child sex abuse investigation. The sexual abuse allegedly happened approximately five years ago at EduCare Daycare Center on the Butler Community College campus in El Dorado but police reports were not made until this week. During the investigation the assistant director of the day care, Brent Martin, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Police went on to report that Brent Martin was also involved in multiple community organizations where he was in close contact and worked with children. The El Dorado Police […]

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May 7, 2020

Diocese of Buffalo denied small business loan amid sex abuse allegations

The Buffalo Diocese, informed 23 Buffalo priests that they will no longer receive health care as part of bankruptcy negotiations. The priests have been suspended due to substantiated sex abuse allegations. As of May 1, the 23 Buffalo priests that have been on leave because of abuse claims have been informed by Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger that thier regular checks from the diocese would stop. Scharfenberger wrote a letter to the priests explaining that as part of the ongoing bankruptcy negotiations, their health care was part of the expenses that have been halted due to the ongoing lawsuits of […]

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May 4, 2020

Bellator champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane Sues Coach for sexually abusing her and her sister when she was a student at the school

Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, Belabor women’s flyweight champion and her sister Mahina Macfarlane Souza along with an unnamed woman just filed a civil lawsuit last Wednesday accusing a former assistant basketball coach, Dwayne Yuen, of sexually abusing them when they were just 12 years old. Dwayne Yuen was a coach at a Hawaii private school and allegedly sexually abused the women when they were students at Honolulu’s Punahou School between 2003 and 2006, beginning when Ilima-Lei was just 12 years old. Honolulu’s Punahou School is also listed as a defendant in the suit alleging that the K-12 school not only ignored […]

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May 1, 2020

Two weeks jail for Principal who did not report sexual abuse of students by teacher

Eric Nelson, 49, former principal at Fontenelle Elementary was sentenced to just 2 weeks in jail and only 1 year probation for not reporting what he knew about a teacher who was sexually abusing students during his time as Principal. He pleaded no contest to “Failure to Report Suspected Abuse” a misdemeanor and one count of felony child abuse was dropped. First grade teacher Gregory Sedlacek, has been convicted of sexually assaulting female students inside the classroom and on the playground. Sedlacek is now serving 50-100 years in prison for sexual assault. Even though Nelson, the Principal at the […]

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April 29, 2020

Priest released from prison due to COVID -19 prior to serving 10 year sentence for child sex abuse caseus uproar in community of survivors

Michael Guidry, a priest who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with three years suspended, after pleading guilty to molestation of a child has been released from prison. Guidry had been convicted of sexually assaulting at teenage boy was serving just one year of his sentence when he was released due to COVID-19. His Defense counsel requested an emergency appeal, claiming that he was at risk to developing COVID019 during this pandemic. Guidry’s attorney held a video conference wit the court and waived Guidry’s right to p\appear while submitting an appeared before the court through video emergency motion […]

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