Abuse and torture victims still waiting for government redress
A man who survived torture as a teenager at the notorious Lake Alice psychiatric facility in the 1970s and had to go to the UN in his efforts to gain…
Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claim
18/10/2024
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.
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Published in New York Times
18/10/2024
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