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Judge sets deadline for abuse claims vs. Harrisburg diocese
- May 14, 2020
A federal judge is giving most claimants until Nov. 13 to seek compensation over child sexual abuse from the Harrisburg Roman Catholic Diocese, which sought bankruptcy protection earlier this year.

By Associated Press
Prosecutors file notice of appeal of ruling in abuse case
- Mar 17, 2020
Prosecutors have filed a notice of appeal of a western Pennsylvania judge’s ruling throwing out the conviction of a retired Catholic priest accused of having assaulted a boy almost two decades ago.

By Associated Press
Monsignor in landmark church abuse case goes back on trial
- Mar 16, 2020
Nearly two decades after the Catholic priest-abuse scandal exploded in the U.S. in 2002, only one church official has ever gone to prison over it: Monsignor William Lynn, the longtime secretary for clergy in the Philadelphia archdiocese. After an appeals court found his sweeping 2012 trial flawed and his conviction was twice overturned, Lynn, 69, is set to be retried Monday on a single child endangerment count.

By Maryclaire Dale

Judge throws out conviction of retired priest in abuse case
- Mar 10, 2020
A judge in western Pennsylvania has thrown out the conviction of a retired Roman Catholic priest accused of having assaulted a boy almost two decades ago.

By Associated Press
Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review child sex abuse time limits decision
- Mar 3, 2020
A mid-level appeals court decision issued last summer that allowed some victims of childhood sexual abuse a way to pursue lawsuits despite time limits will be reviewed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the justices announced Monday.

By Mark Scolforo
Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse deals
- Feb 19, 2020
The Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics.

By Mark Scolforo

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