Jeff Anderson

Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused a teenage boy in the 1990s when he was leader of the Archdiocese of Newark, according to a lawsuit filed under a newly enacted New Jersey law that gives accusers more time to make legal claims.

The Diocese of New Ulm has reached a $34 million settlement with 93 survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson announced May 14 that he is representing five sexual abuse survivors suing the Holy See for names of clergy sexual abuse offenders worldwide.

A Los Angeles, California, superior court has ruled that a clergy sex abuse survivor can sue the state's Catholic bishops and the California Catholic Conference.

As the U.S. bishops entered the last public part of their 2018 fall general assembly, centered largely on the clergy sex abuse crisis, six clergy sex abuse survivors announced Nov. 14 a lawsuit against the prelates' main organization, the U.S. Catholic bishops Conference.

The six Catholic dioceses in Illinois have been sued for conspiracy to conceal a public hazard because they have not released the names of all priests with credible accusations of sexual abuse and misconduct, including those who have died and those who belong to religious orders.

A court approved the $210 million settlement between the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese and 400-plus abuse survivors, one of the final steps in a nearly four-year bankruptcy process.

After several tumultuous years and shakeups in leadership, the 30-year-old organization is turning a new page and focusing on prevention and increasing its reach.