Posted on July 17, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Church, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, John Manly, Lewd acts, Molestation, Pedophile, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa has agreed to pay 3.5 million dollars to settle a lawsuit filed by a 17-year-old boy who alleged that a diocesan priest molested him when he was 12. The plaintiff was represented by Manly, Stewart & Finaldi. The priest, Father Ted Oswald, died in 2010. The Plaintiff alleged… read more

Posted on July 2, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Pornograpghy, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Pedophile, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A Santa Cruz, California, surf instructor has been charged with possession of child pornography and lewd acts on a child under 14 as well as a child over 14. The 39-year-old instructor, Dylan Greiner, is expected to plead guilty. Officials allege that Mr. Greiner secretly filmed female students changing the surf school’s dressing room, and… read more

Posted on June 18, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Orange County, Public School Abuse, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Michael Granger, a 32-year-old English teacher at University High School in Irvine, California, has been arrested on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student. The relationship was uncovered when the girl’s parents found inappropriate texts between the teacher and their daughter. The parents called the police who launched an investigation. During… read more

Posted on May 29, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Church, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Orange County, Pedophile, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Ricardo Aldana, a former Spanish teacher at the Catholic JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, California, has been convicted of committing lewd acts upon a 14-year-old child. Aldana had picked the young girl up from her home and drove her to his home in Dana Point, where he raped her. Aldana faces up to… read more

Posted on May 5, 2014     |     Assault, Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Los Angeles, Molestation, Pedophile, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Bryan Singer, the director of, among other things, the X-Men franchise, has been hit with a second lawsuit by an individual claiming that he was molested by the director as a child. The Plaintiff is a UK citizen who says that Singer molested him in the UK in 2007 while attending the premiere of the… read more

Posted on March 24, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Public School Abuse, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A third grade boy has been accused of sexually assaulting a classmate at a Riverside Elementary School. Officials report that the unidentified boy assaulted his male classmate five to seven times over the course of months. The allegations came to light when other students reported the abuse to an after-school staff member. Because the abuse… read more

Posted on February 25, 2014     |     Assault, Attorney, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Pornograpghy, Church, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Orange County, Pedophile, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Christopher McKenzie, a 50-year-old pool cleaner originally charged in 2012 with molesting two children, now faces child pornography charges after a search of his computer. McKenzie was already suspected of molesting seven boys over more than a decade, but now faces this additional charge. That brings the total number of felony charges against McKenzie to… read more

Posted on February 24, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Pornograpghy, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Orange County, Pedophile, Public School Abuse, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

An eighth-grade math teacher at Nicolas Junior High School has been arrested for, and reportedly admitted to, having sex with two of her male students. The teacher, Melissa Lindgren, was arrested on six counts including child molestation and disseminating harmful material to a minor. Lindgren had been working at Nicolas Junior High School, which is… read more

Posted on February 21, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Orange County, Pedophile, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

A 45-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years in prison and a lifetime of sex offender registration after pleading guilty to having sex with the 12-year-old friend of her son. Patricia Ann Serrano met the child through his friendship with her son. The two eventually had sex twice in October of 2011. Serrano also… read more

Posted on January 16, 2014     |     Assault, California, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Pornograpghy, Church, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Lewd acts, Molestation, Pedophile, Rape, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

On Wednesday, January 15, 2014, the Diocese of Stockton became the 10th Diocese in the nation to file for bankruptcy protection in the face of mounting liability stemming from childhood sexual abuse allegations. The move comes on the heels of the indictment of one of the Diocese’s priests for child molestation. The Diocese estimates that… read more