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Fire Damages 114-Year Old Cambridge Church After Easter Services
Apr 11 2023 // A fire broke out at a Massachusetts church not long after Easter services, with more than 100 firefighters working to save the 114-year-old structure. The fire started at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Faith Lutheran Church...
Victims Question If Baltimore Church Sex Abuse Report Is Complete
Apr 10 2023 // While the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has long touted its transparency in publishing the names of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse, a report released this week by the Maryland attorney general’s office...
DOJ Tentatively Settles Suit Over 2017 Texas Church Shooting
Apr 6 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The Justice Department said Wednesday it has tentatively settled a lawsuit over the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church that will pay victims and their families more than $144 million. More than...
Maryland AG Report Chronicles Decades of Child Sex Abuse and Church Cover-Up
Apr 6 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has released his agency’s report documenting a long history of widespread child sex abuse and systemic cover-up by clergy and others associated with the Archdiocese of...
Lawsuit: Celebrity-Friendly Washington Church Required Workers to Tithe
Apr 3 2023 // A Seattle, Washington-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to donate some of their earnings...
Texas Church Ordered to Pay Back Wages After Concerns About Rodents, Insects
Mar 17 2023 // After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas, Texas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and...
Albany Diocese Files for Bankruptcy Protection Amid Sex Abuse Litigation
Mar 16 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York as it, like other dioceses in the state, faces hundreds of lawsuits by survivors of sexual abuse by priests. Bishop Edward B....
Judge Approves Release of Baltimore Church Sex Abuse Report
Mar 16 2023 // A judge on Tuesday granted the Maryland Attorney General’s Office permission to publicly release a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Roman Catholic...
People Moves: Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Promotes McCoy to Powers Personal Lines Manager; Church Mutual Promotes Two Assistant VPs
Feb 24 2023 // Valley Insurance Agency Alliance Promotes McCoy to Personal Lines Manager at Powers Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois,...
Judge Upholds Maine Law Opposed by Diocese Allowing Older Sex Abuse Suits
Feb 17 2023 // AUGUSTA, Maine — A state judge on Tuesday upheld a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing survivors to pursue lawsuits for sex crimes that happened decades ago. An attorney...
Clergy Sex Abuse Suits Could Bankrupt Diocese in California
Feb 14 2023 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said it may declare bankruptcy in the coming months as it faces “staggering” legal costs in dealing with some 400 lawsuits alleging priests and others sexually abused...
Massachusetts Diocese Releases Clergy Abuse Report With No Names
Feb 10 2023 // A Roman Catholic Diocese that covers central Massachusetts has published a new report about clergy sexual abuse of minors between 1950 and 2022, but unlike similar reports released by many other dioceses, the report did...
People Moves: Church Mutual Names New President; UFG Appoints Stephenson as New COO
Jan 19 2023 // Church Mutual Names New President Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. 1, has promoted Alan S. Ogilvie to president of the company. Rich Poirier, current president and CEO, will retain his CEO responsibilities. Ogilvie...
Texas Plane Crash Kills 4 Members of Tennessee Church
Jan 19 2023 // YOAKUM, Texas (AP) – A small plane crashed Tuesday while approaching a Texas airport, killing four members of a Tennessee church and leaving the lead pastor injured, authorities and the church said. The single-engine...
Catholic Diocese Challenges Maine Law Allowing Older Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 10 2023 // PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is challenging a Maine law that eliminated the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, allowing a wave of new lawsuits. A motion in the first of the...
People Moves: Risk Strategies Names Lamond Commercial Leader; Fred C. Church Welcomes Daley to Education Team
Jan 6 2023 // Risk Strategies Names Lamond as Commercial Lines Leader, New England Region Boston-based Risk Strategies has appointed Doran Lamond as commercial lines leader for the New England region. In this new role, Lamond will be...
Boy Scouts, Catholic Dioceses Find Haven From Sex Abuse Suits in Bankruptcy
Jan 3 2023 // Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by giving them extra time to file lawsuits. Now some of the defendants in these cases, including...
Lawsuits Alleging Maine Church Knew About Sex Abuse Now Number 14
Dec 23 2022 // Two more people have filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic clergy member and a nun — both deceased — raising the number to over a dozen since Maine loosened the statute of limitations last year. One...
Church Officials Clear Chicago Priest of Abuse Claim
Dec 14 2022 // CHICAGO (AP) – A prominent Roman Catholic priest known for his activism has been reinstated as leader of his Chicago parish after being cleared by church officials of allegations that he sexually abused a minor decades...
Texas Church Bus Crash Injures 16, Including 13 Children
Dec 13 2022 // HOUSTON (AP) – Sixteen people, including 13 children, were injured on Sunday after a small church bus overturned near a Houston area apartment, according to authorities. The bus, belonging to a Baptist church, rolled...
