Category: Firm News

Diocese of Oakland Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Amidst...

On May 8, 2023, the Diocese of Oakland filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the face of more than 330 lawsuits alleging child sexual...

Louisiana Catholic School Teacher Jacob De la Paz Arrested...

  Louisiana Catholic school teacher Jacob De la Paz, 33, was arrested last week by Department of Homeland Security agents after an apparent video surfaced...

Sextortion can complicate online child sexual abuse

Traditionally, we think of child sexual abuse as an abuser coercing an underage individual into having an inappropriate relationship with them, either because the predator...

If Cars Were Stolen as Often as Kids are...

Imagine that one out of every six adults had had their car stolen. Imagine that for complex psychological and emotional reasons, the average victim of...

The Disturbing Controversy Around the Dalai Lama

We all know who the Dalai Lama is, but for those that don’t, the Dalai Lama is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader...

Coral Springs School Principal Tracy Smith Arrested for Sexual...

The head of a private school in Coral Springs was arrested Monday, April 17, 2023, for alleged sexual misconduct with a teen student. Tracy Smith, 43,...

They Didn’t Fail; They Deliberately Endangered Kids

This may be an inopportune time to criticize the Maryland attorney general’s office. After all, the staff there had just spent four years investigating child sex...

Sleep Technician Humberto Perez Galvez Guilty of Battery on...

Humberto Perez Galvez, a sleep center technician in Port St. Luicie, was adjudicated guilty of battery on a female patient on April 6, 2023.  Prior...

Name Changes Help Criminal Clergy Members Escape Detection

For years, as a high-ranking Catholic diocesan official, Fr. Edward Arsenault handled (or mishandled) dozens of reports about predatory priests. In the media (and by survivors), “as the face of the...