LDS Church loses lawsuit against insurance companies over sex abuse settlements

LDS Church loses lawsuit against insurance companies over sex abuse settlements

A federal judge has ruled against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a lawsuit over who pays for sexual abuse settlements.

Shawnee church accused of covering up child sexual abuse, stalking

The First Church of the Nazarene in Shawnee has been sued after allegations of covering up child sexual abuse for years.

The LDS Church, Insurance, and Sexual Abuse

Yesterday, Fox13 reporter Ben Winslow reported on a court ruling in the church’s lawsuit against its insurers demanding that they reimburse it for a portion of the church’s settlement with a number of victims of sexual abuse in West Virginia.[fn1] I have a vague memory of the case, but haven’t looked at it closely. So my summary is going to come from the case. And the summary is this: in 2013, 12 children and their parents sued the church, a num…

Children’s home accused of abuse ordered to close down

The women, family and community development ministry says it rescued 18 children who had been under the care of the owners and caretakers.

French bishops approve process for adult victims of clerical sexual abuse

At the conclusion of their spring meeting, the bishops of France approved a document that establishes a process by which adult victims who allege sexual abuse by diocesan clerics can receive support and seek redress. The apostolic letter Vos Estis Lux Mundi (2019) obliges bishops around the world to provide support to alleged victims of sexual abuse committed when the victims were minors or vulnerable persons—defined as persons “in a state of in…