http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/ Published by Arnold | Pizzo | McKiggan en-us 2008-08-12T08:47:46-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/08/antigonish_diocese_priest_sexual_abuse_class_action.html The Cape Breton Post has published an update on Ron Martin's class action against the Antigonish Diocese. You can read the story here.... Clergy Abuse John McKiggan 2008-08-12T08:47:46-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/media_reports_of_antigonish_di_1.html Here is some of the media coverage of Ron Martin's class action on behalf of persons who were sexually abused by priests from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish. Sex-abuse suit alleges conspiracy by Catholic Church: CBC News Class-action suit... Clergy Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-25T12:35:24-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/sexual_abuse_class_action_filed_against_rc_diocese_of_antigonish_and_cape_breton.html Our firm has filed a class action against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish for compensation for victims of sexual abuse by priests from the Diocese. The claim is the first class action in Nova Scotia filed under the new... Clergy Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-24T10:54:38-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/documentary_explores_vatican_s_1.html Vows of Silence is a new documentary by journalist Jason Berry, that explores Fr. Marciel Maciel Degollado, and the Catholic group, Legionaries of Christ. The Vatican eventually found Maciel Degollado guilty of multiple acts of sexual abuse spanning decades. His... Clergy Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-19T13:29:46-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/prosecutor_wants_bountiful_pol_1.html The special prosecutor who has been asked to investigate the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints community in Bountiful, British Columbia plans to ask the RCMP to reopen their criminal investigation into the polygamous religious community. The... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-18T13:48:24-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/remembering_nora_bernard.html Today survivors of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School gathered to hear an historic apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. They also gathered to pay tribute to Nora Bernard, whose tireless efforts played a key part in the multi-billion dollar Residential... Residential School Claims John McKiggan 2008-06-11T22:37:10-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/prime_minister_offers_historic_apology_to_residential_school_survivors.html Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued an apology to survivors of Indian Residential Schools today. In an historic moment, he apologized on behalf of all Canadians for the destruction wrought by Canada's policy of forced assimilation. CBC has extensive coverage of... Residential School Claims John McKiggan 2008-06-11T22:00:28-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/bishop_on_trial_convicted_of_c.html Episcopal Bishop Charles Bennison is on trial in ecclesiastical court facing accusations that he covered up sexual abuse by his brother, who is also a priest, on a 14 year old girl. The Bishop is not facing criminal charges, nor... Clergy Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-10T09:22:29-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/supreme_court_overturns_convic_1.html The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the conviction of 73-year-old who confessed (three times!) to sexually abusing three children. In a stinging indictment of the police that investigated the crimes, the Court unanimously ruled that police "knowingly and deliberately"... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-05T23:54:54-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2008/06/repressed_memory_of_sexual_abu.html The media has been full of reports over the outrage caused by disgraced priest and convicted sex abuser Paul Shanley's appeal based on the (supposed) unreliability of "repressed memory". I posted about the story last week Priest Sex Abuser Appeals... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2008-06-03T09:37:51-04:00