FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lauren Nace LNace@CHILDUSA.org 215-539-1906 11/19/2024 Philadelphia, PA – CHILD USA and Scouting America are proud to announce their partnership to advance child protection by implementing CHILD USA’s Gold Standard Diagnostic Tool and Assessment. This groundbreaking,...
by Leslie C. Griffin* I am waiting for the Maine Supreme Court to decide a case about sexual abuse and the statute of limitations [SOL].1 Statutes of limitations are rules that explain when the courts are open or closed to victims of abuse. I am particularly interested in the implications of that...
by Leslie C. Griffin* The abuse of children by Catholic clergy has a long history in the State of Maine. The Beginning Some initial news about Catholic Maine abuse was released when the Maine Supreme Court ordered it. In Blethen Maine Newspapers v. Maine, 871 A.2d 523 (Me. 2005), the Supreme Court...
by Rob Jenner Jenner Law, P.C. Baltimore, Maryland Last month a dedicated team of lawyers presented oral argument before the Maryland Supreme Court in support of the Maryland Child Victims Act (CVA) of 2023. The heart of the legal battle concerned the statutory language that existed in the 2017...
We’re kicking off a powerful campaign to protect children from exploitation, abuse, and violence. World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence was declared by the United Nations in 2021. The goal of the day is to bring awareness to how governments...
by Leslie C. Griffin* This post will tell you about them. New Hampshire has one Catholic Diocese of Manchester, which includes many schools and parishes. New Hampshire has changed its statute of limitations [SOL] for sexual abuse several times. The SOL determines when your time begins and ends to...
by Leslie C. Griffin* Do You Know About the Orphanage? St. Joseph’s Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont was open from 1854-1974. It closed a long time ago. Yet over the years since 1974, survivors of abuse by its Catholic nuns and priests came forward with their tales of orphanage horror. Today St....