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Boy Scouts of America Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy As you are probably aware, on February 18, 2020 the Boy Scouts of America filed a “Chapter 11” bankruptcy petition with the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. This came about as a result of numerous lawsuits filed across the country alleging that the Boy Scouts of America was aware of sexual abuse occurring within the organization yet failed to act on that information. In today’s post the Boy Scout sexual abuse lawyer at…

The Latest Chapter in the Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal in the United States 2019 marked a new round of broad media coverage about the sexual abuse of children by priests and other people in positions of authority in the Catholic Church in the United States and in some other religious faiths as well. The spike in media coverage largely resulted from the fact that a growing number of Catholic dioceses in the United States were undertaking some effort with attorneys…

Bishop Malone Resigns After Investigation Revealed Secret List Of Abusive Priests The Vatican Press Office has announced that Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Richard J. Malone, Bishop of the Buffalo (NY) Diocese, following months of controversy over Malone’s handling of reports of sexually abusive priests in his diocese. The Vatican’s press release stated that Malone’s resignation was effective “immediately” and that Monsignor Edward B. Scharfenberger, also of the Buffalo Diocese, would handle administrative affairs of the diocese pending…