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Jehovah’s Witnesses Child Sex Abuse | Using Legal Loopholes to Conceal

The Catholic Church is not the only religious organization that has been hiding decades’ worth of sexual abuse within its walls. The Jehovah’s Witnesses have tried to conceal the sexual abuse of children within that religious order as well. With more than 8.5 million followers worldwide, Jehovah’s Witnesses have an organizational structure that, not only has [...]

Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse – The Horrid History

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the oldest and largest youth organizations in the United States. In 2017, there were nearly 2.3 million youth members across the country and nearly 1 million adult volunteers leading those members. Over the years, the organization has changed and no longer mirrors the program that was originally founded [...]

New Jersey Child Sex Abuse Survivors Have More Time to File Claims

In February of 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a Bill lengthening the statute of limitations for childhood sex abuse survivors. This law effectively allows increased time for survivors of childhood sex abuse to file civil lawsuits against their abusers and the negligent institutions that harbored these perpetrators. Prior to this legislation, the [...]

Former Youth Wrestling Coach in Pennsylvania to Face Child Sex Abuse Charges

A former Pennsylvania youth wrestling coach was extradited from Georgia after he was accused of numerous counts of child sex abuse in Monroe County. Ron Gorman ran Stroudsburg Area Youth Wresting until 2009. Police troopers say that, earlier this year, two of Gorman’s former wrestling students came forward with accusations that Gorman sexually abused them while [...]

Claimants in Sandusky Case Could Number as High as 30

Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts involving 10 victims over 15 years Penn State. Attorney says claimant information and negotiations are "delicate and sensitive". Related Penn State / Sandusky Articles Penn State / Sandusky Settlement Payouts Keep Rising Penn State Fallout May Be a Boon VIDEO – Paul Lauricella Discusses Sandusky Sentencing VIDEO – Attorney Slade [...]

State lawmakers to try again with child sex abuse legislation

HARRISBURG — A group of state lawmakers who said they were frustrated that the Penn State/Jerry Sandusky and the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandals were not enough to move legislation out of committee last year, announced plans Wednesday to reintroduced a bill that would remove the statute of limitations in cases of child sexual abuse. Where [...]