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Archdiocese of Los Angeles to pay $880M in sexual abuse settlement

The agreement, believed to be the largest single settlement of its kind by a Catholic archdiocese, will settle 1,353 claims of childhood sexual abuse.

LA Catholic Church to pay record settlement over clergy abuse; cumulative payouts top $1.5 billion

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

The settlement is the highest single payout by an archdiocese, experts said, and brings Los Angeles’s cumulative payout in sex abuse lawsuits to more than $1.5 billion.

No one interfered’: Sex abuse in L.A. County juvenile halls in spotlight at Senate hearing

Testifying Wednesday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, Breane Wingfield said she was 14 when, in 2005, she was sexually assaulted in a van by a deputy probation officer employed at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.

How MSU trustees, staff tried to insulate university from Nassar scandal

California teacher accused of fathering child with student from 1980s

A band teacher for an Anaheim junior high school is facing consequences after a woman revealed what she calls a decades-old secret. Teacher Steve Graves, 61, is accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls nearly 40 years ago.

A doctor cared for generations of families. Now dozens of women say he also abused them

The three women sit huddled together, hands and arms intertwined, heads on each other’s shoulders. For too long, each felt utterly alone and it’s as if their physical closeness gives them a boost of strength.

Anaheim police investigating teacher accused of fathering child with student 35 years ago

Anaheim police are investigating a 61-year-old band teacher after two women accused him of having inappropriate relationships with them while they were students of his at Loara High School in the 1980s, authorities said on Friday, Sept. 13.

Attorney on the DOJ report of the FBI mishandling child sexual abuse cases

ABC News’ Juju Chang speaks with John C. Manly, the attorney representing survivors of sexual assault by Larry Nassar, about the watchdog report from the DOJ regarding sexual abuse against children.

Child sexual abuse cases mishandled by FBI: Justice Department

A new report from the Inspector General reveals that the FBI continued to mishandle child sex abuse claims, despite training policy updates and system changes after the Larry Nassar abuse scandal.

Justice Department watchdog finds failures in FBI’s handling of child sex abuse cases

Senior FBI official said bureau made mistakes in investigating crimes against children but that ‘vast majority of work’ handled appropriately.

Justice Dept. watchdog blasts FBI over handling of child sexual abuse cases

The report comes three years after another report criticized the FBI's handling of allegations against convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar.

15 female patients allege doctor at UCI, Hoag-affiliated clinic sexually assaulted them

DOJ inspector general: FBI still falls short in child sex abuse cases

The Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that the FBI is still not adequately handling allegations of child sex abuse, years after the Larry Nassar scandal led to a series of new rules on such investigations.

Flaws Persist in F.B.I.’s Handling of Child Sex Abuse Cases, Watchdog Says

The Justice Department’s inspector general cited significant improvements even as he identified structural issues, like high caseloads, that continue to hamper progress.

Girl sues Encinitas school district, alleging molestation by middle school staffer

$14 million for four victims of alleged sexual abuse by a teacher in Fontana

Fontana Unified pays $14 million to settle sex abuse lawsuits involving predatory ex-teacher

'They paid out everything they had in terms of coverage,' an attorney for the victims

Larry Nassar survivor supports sex abuse awareness training for elementary kids

The first known survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of prolific pedophile Larry Nassar is advocating for sex awareness education in children from when they are in kindergarten.

Teacher’s aide, Beaumont Unified School District sued over her alleged sexual harassment of students

Two boys allegedly targeted by a Beaumont Unified School District teacher's aide suspected of sending them explicit images and repeatedly harassing them in an attempt to sleep with them sued her and the district for infliction of emotional distress and negligence, it was announced today.

Alum Rock school district covered up convicted teacher’s abuse of students

SAN JOSE — Eleven girls who say they were sexually abused by a convicted former teacher are suing the Alum Rock Union School District, claiming administrators conspired to cover up his past misconduct and move him around schools instead of reporting him to authorities.

‘Monster’ music teacher accused of sexually abusing students in 3 San Jose schools

A new lawsuit filed on behalf of students accuses the Alum Rock Union School District of placing a “serial pedophile” in three San Jose schools where he allegedly abused more than thirty female students.

East San José School Conspired to Hide Teacher's Sexual Abuse, 11 Victims Allege in Lawsuit

Eleven victims in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, June 12, allege the current interim superintendent at the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District and former staff conspired to cover up sexual abuse by a former teacher.

Judge Allows Jimmy Collins Sex Abuse Lawsuits to Proceed Against Village of MT. Kisco, Boys & Girls Club

NYS Supreme Court Judge Alexandra Murphy rejected motions filed by the Village of Mt. Kisco and the Boys & Girls Club to remove themselves from lawsuits filed by 11 alleged victims of James “Jimmy” Collins. Collins, now in prison, is accused of sexually abusing 16 boys over a period of 40 years, starting in the 1970’s in his role as a coach, counselor and janitor for the Village of Mt. Kisco, the Boys Club of Northern Westchester and Chappaqua School District.

Barstow Unified settles teacher sex abuse suit for $2.38 million

“Barstow Unified School District has a child sexual abuse scandal brewing that is on par with what we have seen within Redlands Unified School District and the Los Angeles Unified School District,” the victim’s attorney, Morgan Stewart, said in a May 23 statement.

Redlands Unified ‘systematically violated laws’ protecting kids from abuse, California AG says

Redlands Unified has paid more than $45.5 million to settle teacher sex abuse lawsuits since 2016

Ex-Redlands teacher who sexually abused middle school students released from prison decades early

A former Redlands middle school teacher convicted in 2005 of sexually abusing three male students and sentenced to more than 74 years in prison, has been released from custody and is now living in Palm Desert. Sean Ramiro Lopez, 50, who taught at Clement Middle School from 1999 to 2002, is listed on the Megan’s Law database as “very low risk” to commit a new sexual offense. Under terms of his release, Lopez will spend the first six months of his parole in transitional housing.

Is Harvey Weinstein’s California conviction in jeopardy after N.Y. appeals ruling?

Shortly after a New York appeals court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on rape charges in Manhattan, a defense attorney in the disgraced movie mogul’s Los Angeles case said the same should happen in California.

Justice Department settles with Larry Nassar victims for $138.7 million

The Justice Department announced Tuesday it has agreed to pay nearly $139 million to victims of former Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, settling legal claims brought over the department’s failure to investigate allegations that could have brought the convicted child molester to justice sooner and prevented dozens of assaults.

West Linn Tidings: Farley patients want grand jury transcripts released, rebut DA’s claims

WMAR 2 News Baltimore: Archdiocese of Baltimore child sex abuse survivor speaks out as deadline approaches

KATU: Former Patients of West Linn Doctor Hope City Reports Leads AG To File Criminal Charges

ESPN: Ex-NFL CB Shareece Wright alleges sexual assault by trainer

An ex-Olympian pleads guilty to sexually assaulting boys – but the total number of victims ‘remains unknown,’ DA says

AP News: Victims recall lifetimes of trauma as former Olympian pleads guilty to molesting boys in 1970s

Megan Thee Stallion Could Face Legal Trouble

The Violation of Taylor Swift

Orange County Register: $10 Million Settlement Reached in Clergy Child Sexual Abuse Case in Orange, LA Counties

Los Angeles Times: A Pedophile Priest. A $10-million payout. A Monster Who Won’t Leave My Life

Most reporters have covered a story so disturbing that they never want to think about it again — yet the evil subject makes it impossible to ever forget.

Los Angeles Times: Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Hoag and O.C. Doctor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Patients