StateCRIMINAL LAW-The Child Abuse Statute Now Requires Criminal Negligence: Santillanes v.State I. INTRODUCTION In Santillanes v. State,1 the New Mexico Supreme Court held that themens rea element of negligence in the New Mexico child abuse statute2 requires aWilliams, Gregory P...
The Supreme Court of Maryland is considering the constitutionality of a 2023 law that ended the state’s statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed widespread wrongdoing within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. September 11 New Mexico’s attorney general files ...
Sexual abuse of children generally need not cause injury; any sexual act performed on a child can be considered abuse. Similarly, state statutes categorize as child abuse any neglect of a child that places the child at risk, regardless of whether the child is actually injured. Before ...
statute of limitations for filing claims, providing survivors with new opportunities for justice. Learn More Sexual Abuse in Schools Most incidents of sexual abuse against children are committed by trusted adults, such as teachers. Abuse by school teachers and staff often persists for long periods ...
The AG's report recommends the statute of limitations for civil actions involving child sex abuse be amended, something Maryland'sHouseandSenateare weighing now. The Baltimore archdiocese says it has paid more than $13.2 million for care and compensation for 301 abuse victims ...
And he’s a plaintiff in one of the lawsuits against Ohio State University in theDr. Richard Strausscase. Lander said he is John Doe 195, his claim dismissed under the statute of limitations.Strauss, who died by suicide in 2005, sexually abusedstudents and others from 1978 to 1998, accord...
Ahead of the Chapter 11 filing, lawyers said that because of the organization's 50-state presence, as well as its ties to churches and civic groups that sponsor scout troops, a bankruptcy by the Boy Scouts would be unprecedented in its complexity. It would be national in scope, unlike the...
In the child sex abuse scandal that has shaken the Catholic Church, Mahony is a singular figure. Cardinal Roger Mahony prays in his residence in 1986. (Los Angeles Times) He became the leader of America's largest archdiocese at the very moment the church was being forced to confront clergy...