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Twin hit of abuse claims and pandemic could push NJ Catholic dioceses toward bankruptcy
By Deena Yellin | October 19, 2020
For Catholic churches around the country, it has become a familiar refrain: After shelling out millions of dollars in settlements to survivors of clergy abuse, a diocese says it’s broke and declares bankruptcy.
Boys & Girls Clubs releases review of child sex abuse prevention
By Hannah Dellinger | August 4, 2020
Local affiliates of Boys & Girls Clubs of America do not uniformly respond to reports of sexual misconduct according to a third-party review of the organization’s policies made public Tuesday.
While the organization has enhanced policies to prevent abuse over the years, its programming is not consistently implemented at local clubs, according to a summary of the review, conducted by law firm Alston & Bird and the nonprofit Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.
Camden’s Roman Catholic diocese suspends payments to clergy abuse victims, citing COVID-19 financial stress
By Jeremy Roebuck | July 31, 2020
Citing financial losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden said Friday that it would halt payments from a clergy sex-abuse victim fund that has paid out nearly $7.6 million.
In a statement, the diocese said it had suffered a “precipitous decline in revenue” and was rapidly approaching a point where it would not be able to continue to borrow money to pay authorized awards.
Twin hit of abuse claims and pandemic could push NJ Catholic dioceses toward bankruptcy
By Deena Yellin | October 19, 2020
For Catholic churches around the country, it has become a familiar refrain: After shelling out millions of dollars in settlements to survivors of clergy abuse, a diocese says it’s broke and declares bankruptcy.
Boys & Girls Clubs releases review of child sex abuse prevention
By Hannah Dellinger | August 4, 2020
Local affiliates of Boys & Girls Clubs of America do not uniformly respond to reports of sexual misconduct according to a third-party review of the organization’s policies made public Tuesday.
While the organization has enhanced policies to prevent abuse over the years, its programming is not consistently implemented at local clubs, according to a summary of the review, conducted by law firm Alston & Bird and the nonprofit Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.
Camden’s Roman Catholic diocese suspends payments to clergy abuse victims, citing COVID-19 financial stress
By Jeremy Roebuck | July 31, 2020
Citing financial losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden said Friday that it would halt payments from a clergy sex-abuse victim fund that has paid out nearly $7.6 million.
In a statement, the diocese said it had suffered a “precipitous decline in revenue” and was rapidly approaching a point where it would not be able to continue to borrow money to pay authorized awards.