St. Mary’s Salesian Junior High is the subject of three new statements of claim filed in Court of King’s Bench this month, seeking millions in compensation for alleged abuse at the north side school. ----- David Gordon, Keith Eisenkrein (Sieben) and Stephen Bounds are among the plaintiffs in a series of lawsuits claiming they were sexually abused while attending Edmonton's St. Mary's Salesian Junior High in the 1970s and '80s. ----- The plaintiffs are David Gordon, Axel Montaner and Keith Eisenkrein, who attended St. Mary’s in the 1970s and ’80s. The three came forward after another...

Thomas Finnerty is suing St. Mary’s Seminary and the Associated Sulpicians who run it, alleging child sexual abuse over years by a seminarian at St. Mary’s. Attorneys Michael Belsky and Catherine Dickinson, of Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A., are representing Finnerty. His alleged abuser, who is now dead, went on to be convicted in New Jersey as a priest for sexual offenses against minors.

The woman who publicly accused Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris of sexually assaulting her when she was a child has opened up to CBS News Texas about her story. Cindy Clemishire has found a new sense of peace. "Having the truth be heard," she said. "It's changed the way I feel about myself." It's been seven weeks since her story of being molested as a child first appeared in print. Within days, Robert Morris, the pastor of one of the country's largest megachurches would resign, and Gateway Church in Southlake would pledge to investigate what he...

A former counselor at Kanakuk Kamp in Branson is serving multiple life sentences for sexually abusing campers, but he will soon have a chance at parole. After serving 14 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, Peter Newman will appear for a hearing in front of a parole board in September.

Woman says Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris first molested her when she was 12-years-old In a statement, Morris admitted to "inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady" 35 years ago. A woman accuses Gateway Church pastor Robert Morris of first molesting her on Christmas in 1982, when she was 12-years-old.  Cindy Clemishire, the accuser, tells WFAA the abuse continued until 1987 when she told a friend what had happened. Clemishire says she told her parents after the friend advised her to do so.  Sunday, Morris admitted he was "involved in inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady,"...

Right now, survivors can file civil claims three years after realizing they were victimized or until their 28th birthday, whichever is later. Legislation proposed last year in the Michigan House would give them until they turn 52, or seven years after discovering they were a victim. That legislation has stalled.

A West Michigan man is speaking out and sharing his story of childhood abuse nearly three decades later. For victims who don't come forward immediately, the statute of limitations for civil claims can expire. If that happens, it can make the process of getting justice near impossible for those victims. 38-year-old Nicholas Fish, a father of four, said it’s his children who inspired him to push for legislation in Lansing to create more hope and opportunities for victims of sexual assault. “I just ask for a fair outcome. I’m not doing it for just myself, I could care less, there's...

- Last week, Minick read articles covering how SBC and others reached a confidential settlement in a six-year suit accusing Pressler of sex abuse and alleging that others including First Baptist Church of Houston were responsible for covering up crimes.  - "It just left me wondering who all knew and what else are they hiding," Minick said Monday, expressing frustration that the case would never reach its February trial date. It was his belief that SBC had "calculated the cost of the cost of settlement versus trial and did what they had to do to protect themselves and there was no...

- The suit prompted a major newspaper investigation into Southern Baptist sexual abuse and seven other men to come forward with allegations against Paul Pressler, an influential conservative activist and former Texas judge. - Rollins said weaponized religious language to justify his predations — were so traumatizing that he unconsciously developed a sort of Stockholm syndrome that, coupled with the drug and alcohol addictions he blamed on the trauma, made it impossible to recognize himself as a victim until decades had passed. Thus, Rollins argued, his statute of limitations should have begun when he realized he had been...

Part of the Investigation Discovery series, which examines abusive practices in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, highlights two cases at religious schools in southwest Missouri. The docuseries is now streaming on Max. A new docuseries is shedding light on allegations of abuse inside the Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches, and related cases at two religious schools in southwest Missouri are featured.  Circle of Hope and Agape Boarding School, both located in Cedar County, faced years of allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse against children. Criticism of the schools escalated in 2020, when the Kansas City Star investigated the claims and...