Posts tagged Clergy Abuse

• Charge of Sexual Assault on Children Dropped Against Denver Pastor

  IB Contributor | September 14, 2007 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  In my March 28, 2007 blog I wrote about Stephen J. Heese, pastor of The Church in South Denver who was accused of assaulting two children more than a decade ago. Wendy Martinez and other staunch supporters of Pastor Heese, have contented that he is innocent of any wrongdoing from the very moment allegations were made against him. May comment about Pastor Heese's supporters at that time was...

• Judge to Allow Clergy Sex-Abuse Trials to Move Forward

  Chrissie Cole | August 27, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On Friday, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled that 42 clergy abuse cases pending against the Roman Catholic Diocese, of San Diego, be released for civil trial to allow the people who suffered abuse as children to get their day in court.In February, the diocese sought bankruptcy protection to avoid the progression of 127 lawsuits, but it was dismissed because the judge ruled the victims have a...

• State Supreme Court Reinstates Fraud Claims Against Milwaukee Archdiocese

  IB Contributor | July 11, 2007 1:01 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Clergy abuse victims win a court victory. The Wisconsin Supreme Court in a landmark decision, ruled that victims of sexual abuse in the hands of priests may be able to file fraud claims against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, although the court said victims cannot sue for negligence because the three-year statute of limitations had run out on several cases.Advocates and plaintiffs' attorneys said...

• More Women Are Sexually Abused By Priests Than Boys Are

  IB Contributor | July 09, 2007 11:25 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Clergy Abuse - Priest Abuse of Adult WomenRarely do abuse victims want their story splashed in the media for everyone to read. Peggy Warren is different. Peggy wants everyone to know what happened to her, the betrayal, the seduction, the manipulation and the abuse of power that she suffered, as an adult, at the hands of a Catholic priest. She wants other women who have suffered physiological...

• Pastor accused of sexually assaulting boy

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:33 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A south Sacramento pastor accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy earlier this month told reporters that he is "innocent" and that "God will help uncover the truth," according to an interview published in The Sacramento Bee."I have no idea why I'm here," Frederick Dew told a reporter from behind a glass partition at the Sacramento County jail. "I have just been praying and just believing in...

• Jury awards $41 million in priest abuse suit

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A Delaware jury awarded $41 million Friday to a U.S. Navy officer who said a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused him hundreds of times as a teen, according to an Associated Press article posted on the New York Times' Web site)Jurors awarded Cmdr. Kenneth Whitwell $6 million in compensatory damages and $35 million in punitive damages. Whitwell, 39, claimed the Rev. Edward J. Smith raped and...

• Denver Pastor accused of sexually assaulting children

  IB Contributor | March 28, 2007 10:09 PM | 4 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Clergy abuse claimed by brother and sister.A pastor faces charges of sexually assaulting two children in his wife's home day-care at least a dozen years ago, authorities said Monday, according to a Fox News report on its Web site.Stephen J. Heese, 51, pastor of The Church in South Denver, is accused of assaulting a girl, now 17, and her brother, now 20, when they attended the day-care operation...

• Baptist Pastor In Ohio Charged With Sex Crime.

  IB Contributor | March 10, 2007 12:24 AM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An Ohio pastor has been charged for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl, according to a news article posted in the Dayton Journal News in Ohio. The girl, whose name was not released because she was a minor and the victim of a sex crime, said Enorris Thomas, an assistant pastor at Second Baptist Church on Verity Parkway, fondled her at his Middletown home,...

• Hours Before Trial, Diocese Files Bankruptcy

  Christina Cole | March 06, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  San Diego Diocese files for bankruptcy protection.The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego announced they are filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy only hours prior to a final settlement offer was rejected by attorneys for dozens of people who claim they were sexually abused by priests.The filing drew abrupt accusations from victims' advocates which will immediately halt more than 140 lawsuits targeting...