The Catholic Register

New accusation surfaces against former U.S. prelate McCarrick

Thu, 23 Jul 2020 10:11:10 -0400

WASHINGTON - A firm that has filed previous legal complaints against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and church entities added another complainant July 21 against the defrocked prelate, leveling a new accusation that he allegedly abused its new client as a boy at a beach house in Sea Girt, New Jersey, in the early 1980s.

CNN settles lawsuit with Covington Catholic student

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:53:56 -0500

WASHINGTON -- CNN reached an undisclosed settlement Jan. 7 with Nick Sandmann, a Kentucky Catholic high school student who sued the cable news outlet for defamation over its coverage of an incident that occurred after last year's March for Life.

Victim in St. Michael��Ƶapp College School sex assault plans lawsuit

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:12:44 -0400

The victim of a gang sexual assault in a St. Michael��Ƶapp College School locker room and his family plan to file a $1.65-million lawsuit against the school, according to documents filed in Ontario Superior Court.

Six sex abuse survivors announce lawsuit against U.S. bishops, urge bishops to 'come clean'

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 07:37:37 -0500

BALTIMORE – As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy sex abuse survivors announced Nov. 14 a lawsuit against the prelates' main organization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Class-action lawsuit filed against eight Pennsylvania dioceses for abuse cover-up

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:17:54 -0400

PITTSBURGH – A class-action lawsuit was filed Sept. 17 against eight Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania demanding the dioceses provide proof that they submitted the names of all suspected predators.

Cameroon bishops take legal action over prelate's suspicious death

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:50:00 -0400

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The bishops' conference of Cameroon launched a private lawsuit over the alleged murder of Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala of Bafia, whose body was found floating in a river in June.

Pennsylvania lawsuit says girl in boys' locker room violated student privacy

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:10:00 -0400

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – A Pennsylvania high school wrongly allowed a female student into the boys’ locker room and violated an undressing male student��Ƶapp privacy and his right to be free from harassment, a lawsuit charges.

Minnesota diocese, facing 100-plus sex abuse lawsuits, files for bankruptcy

cna-ewtn@catholicregister.org (CNA/EWTN News) — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 09:00:00 -0500

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Facing over one hundred lawsuits concerning sex abuse claims dating back to the 1950s, the Diocese of New Ulm has filed for bankruptcy and plans a reorganization.

Redemptorists to pay $20-million in Quebec abuse suit

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:30:00 -0400

The Redemptorists of Canada have agreed to pay $20 million to settle claims from a sexual-abuse lawsuit filed in Quebec.

HHS lawsuits' dismissal called disappointing but won't end legal challenge

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:07:45 -0500

WASHINGTON - After judges in two separate rulings Nov. 27 dismissed lawsuits filed by Catholic organizations and dioceses in Pennsylvania and Tennessee challenging the federal contraceptive mandate, Catholic leaders in both states expressed disappointment but also some hope the rulings left the door open to refiling their claims.