Posted on January 31, 2012     |     Attorney, California, Child Abuse, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a finding today that found that the Los Angeles Fire Department violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it failed to properly address firefighter Anthony Almeida’s complaints of harassment and retaliation. Almeida, with the assistance of attorneys from Manly, Stewart & Finaldi, reached a… read more

Posted on March 1, 2010     |     Attorney, California, Child Molestation, Firm News, Molestation, Sexual Abuse

The head of Napa State Hospital’s recent firing was the result of an abuse survivor’s chance meeting. The survivor, who as a boy lived nearby Napa State Hospital’s ex-head Claude Edward Foulk, was visiting the hospital as part of his job as a vendor when he happened to make eye contact with Foulk. This meeting… read more

Posted on February 1, 2010     |     Attorney, California, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse

Cardinal Roger Mahony was deposed for several hours to gather information regarding the childhood sexual abuse that has occurred in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, focusing in particular on Father Michael Baker, Father Baker’s abuse of three parishioners, and the attempts made to keep pertinent information secret. Father Baker, who is now serving a sentence… read more

Posted on August 15, 2009     |     Attorney, California, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Sex Offender, Sexual Abuse

Cardinal Roger Mahony is being investigated for his actions regarding the sexual abuse of parishioners of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. This investigation is focused on the procedures and methods used, by Mahony and other leaders of the Catholic Church, in dealing with allegations of abuse and abusive priests. According to Father Baker, a recently convicted… read more

Posted on May 7, 2009     |     Attorney, California, Child Abuse, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse

Attorneys from Manly, Stewart & Finaldi filed a suit alleging that Cardinal Mahony and the Catholic Diocese improperly responded to, and interfered with, evidence of sexual abuse within the Church. The complaint questions the transfer of Fr. Lopez from Italy given his history as a sexual abuser, and the complaint goes on to question his… read more

Posted on July 16, 2007     |     Attorney, California, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Los Angeles, Pedophile, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Monica Almeida/The New York Times Cardinal Mahony apologized to the victims of clergy sexual abuse today, saying that he hoped the Church’s recent settlement for a record-breaking $660 million would bring a “final resolution” to the survivors. For abuse survivor Anthony Almeida (one of the 508 victims represented in the case), this settlement, and Mahony’s… read more

Posted on July 15, 2007     |     Attorney, California, Church, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Molestation

Monica Almeida/The New York Times Cardinal Mahony apologized to victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the LA Archdiocese When Anthony Almeida, one of 500 sexual abuse victims in a recent lawsuit against the Catholic Church, was a young boy, he was continually molested and then raped by a trusted local priest. Almeida, a… read more

Posted on December 13, 2006     |     Attorney, California, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Sexual Abuse

As a settlement for over 500 victims of Catholic Church sex abuse progresses, Father Baker’s most recent victim comes forward despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to limit the statute of limitations. Although the specifics of the additional charges of molestation being filed against Father Baker have not been provided, the allegations come as no… read more

Posted on December 12, 2006     |     Attorney, California, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Pedophile, Sexual Abuse

Mahony recently admitted to allowing more than a dozen priests to continue their ministry, despite allegations and actual knowledge of sexual abuse and misconduct of priests under his watch. Most notably, Mahony was aware of the abuses of repeat offender pedophile Father Baker. Victim’s advocates suggest that the church has allowed and thereby encouraged this… read more

Posted on January 23, 2006     |     Attorney, California, clergy sexual abuse, Firm News, Pedophile, Sexual Abuse

Allegations of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church are often not made public and are instead secretly settled. However, as more cases have developed showing a pattern of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, victim’s advocates have gained support in suggesting that Cardinal Mahony’s astounding poor choices and failure to protect Catholic children is deserving… read more