Sexual Abuse Law Blog
October 2021
Homestead Priest Charged with Sexual Battery Stands Trial
The trial for a priest accused of raping his goddaughter and parishioner has started this week. Fr. Jean Claude Philippe is charged with sexual battery of a...
October 2021
Lyft Announces It Received More than 4,000 Reports of...
Lyft Releases Safety Report and New Measures: Are They Enough? On October 21, 2021, Lyft released its long-awaited Community Safety Report that “details the frequency of the...
October 2021
Lawsuit Filed Against Massage Envy in North Miami for...
On October 25, 2021, Horowitz Law filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against the North Miami franchise of Massage Envy after massage therapist Jorge Perez Reyes...
October 2021
Fr. Dale Guidry – Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Father Dale Guidry Ordained: 1982 Removed: 1999 Died: 2013 Assignment History: Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father Dale Guidry In January 2019, the Diocese of...
October 2021
Fr. Lawrence Cavell – Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Father Lawrence A. Cavell Ordained: 1989 Removed: 2003 Assignment History: Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Father Lawrence Cavell In 2019, the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux publicly named...
October 2021
Fr. Claude Boudreaux – Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Father Claude Boudreaux Ordained: 1955 Removed: 2005 Death: 2016 Assignment History: Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegation Against Father Claude Boudreaux In 2005, Fr. Claude Boudreaux...
October 2021
Fr. Kevin Downey – Diocese of St. Petersburg
Father Kevin Downey Ordained: 1982 Removed: 2017 Assigned as Follows: Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Father Kevin Downey: Fr. Kevin Downey was ordained a...
October 2021
Fr. Simon Palathingal – Diocese of Lake Charles
Father Simon Palathingal Ordained: 1972 Assigned as follows: Summary of Sexual Abuse Allegations against Fr. Simon Palathingal: Father Simon Palathingal was ordained a priest of...
October 2021
Joseph Centanni, A NJ Landlord, Facing Sex Abuse Claim...
In July 2021, Joseph Centanni, the owner, and landlord of hundreds of rental units across 18 properties in Elizabeth, New Jersey, was arrested for the...