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Sort by date 85 pages found matching catholic- Morality Clause at Issue in Ohio Labor Lawsuit
Jul-4-13 Cincinnati, OH When it comes to state labor laws, such as Ohio labor laws , when do Ohio employee rights take precedent over morality clauses? That was the question before a federal jury, who was asked to consider whether Ohio employment labor law was violated by a morality clause. The situation, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer (6/4/13), was t... - Attorney Jeff Anderson Sues the Hell Out of Clerical Sex Abusers
Jul-30-08 St. Paul, MN Attorney Jeff Anderson is a genuine firebrand. He has handled not hundreds, but thousands of cases on behalf of sexual abuse survivors across the US, and even outside the US over the last 25 years. "I have sued psychologists, psychiatrists, family members, movie stars, politicians, and every religious denomination you can think of inclu... - Two Lawsuits Filed Against Catholic Priests and Dioceses Under New Child Sex Abuse Law
Mar-16-22 Baton Rouge, LA New child sexual abuse lawsuits alleging two Catholic priests sexually abused teens decades ago, along with coverup lawsuits against the Diocese of Baton Rouge and the Diocese of Alexandria in Louisiana, have been filed under a new law that temporarily eliminated the statute of limitations in childhood sexual abuse cases. Jessica Arbou... - Dignity Health Poised to Settle ERISA Lawsuit for $100 Million
Jul-30-19 San Francisco, CA Dignity Health has agreed to pay $100 million to settle a proposed class action ERISA lawsuit that accused it of using a undeserved religious exemption to justify underfunding its pension plan by $1.5 billion. The proposed settlement would require Dignity Health to add $50 million in retirement plan funding in 2020 and at least $50 mill... - Supreme Court Blocks Teachers from Suing Church Schools for Job Discrimination
Aug-14-20 Los Angeles, CA The bad news for lay teachers is that on July 8, in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru , the U.S. Supreme Court severely limited the rights of Catholic school elementary teachers to sue for employment discrimination under the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). J... - Jesuit Priest Abuse, Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus agrees to $50 million settlement to Alaska Natives victims
Anchorage, AK: (Nov-18-07) More than 100 Alaska Natives brought charges against the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order, alleging that they were sexually abused by Jesuit priests. The suits stated that the victims were altar boys, altar servers, and altar girls when they were abused. Victims claimed that when they wi... - School to pay $100,000 settlement in employment lawsuit.
Honolulu, HI: (Apr-24-08) The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission brought a lawsuit against the Holy Family Catholic Academy, a Catholic school, alleging that it wrongly fired a former bookkeeper after she complained of discrimination by a priest and her supervisor. The suit, filed on behalf of Roxanne Castilliano, claimed that the Rev. Owen Mulle... - Clergy Abuse, Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph awards teenage boy $45,000 settlement
Kansas City, MO: (Jan-16-08) An unidentified Kansas City-area man brought a lawsuit against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, alleging that Thomas Reardon and Thomas O'Brien sexually abused a non-catholic 16-year-old boy. Sources stated that over a dozen men have sued O'Brien and the diocese, and 14 have sued Reardon and the church. One has settled, a... - Seattle Priest Abuse, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle pays $380,000 settlement to two clergy abuse victims
Seattle, WA: (Oct-25-07) Two Washington men, who were initialed M.P. and J.P. for the sake of confidentiality, brought charges against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, alleging that they were abused by the church's clergy when they were minors. M.P. alleged that he was abused by the Rev. Edward Boyle starting in 1956 when he was 14. The suit clai... - Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego Priest Abuse Settlement
San Diego, CA: (Sep-08-07) Several plaintiffs brought charges against the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, alleging that they were victims of clergy abuse. In a settlement reached, the Catholic Church agreed to pay $198.1 million to the more than 144 men and women. The victims will receive an average payout of $1.38 million for sexual abuse they suffer... - Roman Catholic Diocese of Vermont Youth Pastor Abuse Settlement
Burlington, VT: (Aug-05-07) Neil Morrissette of St. Johnsbury brought a sexual abuse lawsuit against George Paulin, a Catholic priest. The suit claimed that Paulin molested Morrissette when he was 11, and the priest was assigned to be youth pastor to St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Newport. Morrissette said his family, wanting him to receive mo... - Catholic Charities and the Diocese of Palm Beach Passenger Van Personal Injury Settlement
Fort Lauderdale, FL: On August 19, 2005, Lori Hoyt was the front seat passenger in a van carrying 13 developmentally disabled passengers being transported to work by Catholic Charities from the organization's Nazareth Homes group homes. The driver of the van veered off the road and hit a tree. Six passengers were critically injured, one of whom subseque... - Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Nun Abuse Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against the order of nuns claiming plaintiffs were abused as children at orphanages and schools supervised by the nuns between the 1930s and 1970s. More than 20 plaintiffs accused Rev. Herman J. Lammers of abusing them; he was director of Catholic Charities from 1939 to 1976 and a live-in chaplain at St. Thomas St. Vincent Orphanage... - Lawyer Spots Sea Change in Wage and Hour Court Battles
Mar-29-13 Jericho, NY Judges recently dismissed a wage and hour overtime case brought against a group of Catholic Hospitals on Long Island by a respiratory therapist and two nurses. The lawyers in Lundy vs. the Catholic Health System case could “prattle” on all they wanted, the judges said, but to win the case, lawyers had to present “sign... - No Shell Game Settlements for Attorney Patrick Perotti
Feb-4-13 Cleveland, OH Attorney Patrick Perotti has guided more than $25 million in unclaimed class-action settlement money to Ohio charities. His determination to make sure the leftover cash goes to the right place has earned him praise from non-profit groups and scorn from fellow class-action lawyers. “My Irish Catholic mother always said to me, &lsq... - Avandia –Two Weeks to Near Death
Sep-17-08 Canfield, OH Dennis is just 40 years old. He was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and was put on Avandia . But after only two weeks on the drug, Dennis experienced shortness of breath and chest pains. He had a heart attack and he thinks Avandia could have been the cause. Dennis's story is unusual in that he suffered a severe, near death experience very s... - Sexual Abuse by Priests Legal News and Lawsuit Information
A survey commissioned by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has found that children have made more than 11,000 allegations of sexual abuse by priests dating back to 1950. According to the survey, 61 percent (6,700 claims), have been substantiated and although most of the children abused were between 11-17 years of age, 6 percent of the abused childr... - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis reached a financial settlement
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Reaches a Financial Settlement Six men who brought lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis for sexual abuse will receive $312,500 with each receiving a settlement of between $90,000 and $20,000. The men claimed that they were sexually molested by five priests in the diocese during... - Salesian Society pays undisclosed settlement in child abuse lawsuit.
Tampa, FL: (May-19-08) A civil lawsuit was brought against the defunct Mary Help of Christians School in Tampa, a now-closed Catholic school operated by the Eastern US Province of the Salesian Society, alleging that a student was sexually abused there. The student, known as S.A filed suit in 2005, accusing his dormitory supervisor of fondling him, perfor... - Catholic priest order agrees to $19.5 million settlement in molestation lawsuit.
Los Angeles, CA: (May-15-08) A sexual molestation lawsuit was brought against the Salesian Society of Catholic priests, a Catholic order of priests that refused to join a record sex-abuse settlement between accusers and the Los Angeles Archdiocese, alleging that the order was aware that a priest had been accused of abusing children when they assigned him...