The trustees of Michigan State University have agreed to settle sexual abuse lawsuits concerning Dr. Larry Nassar for $500 million. The settlement will pay $425 million to the 332 girls and women who have come forward to date, averaging about $1.28 million per victim. Michigan State will set aside an additional $75 million in a […]
Larry Nassar’s Former Boss Linked to Sex Abuse Allegations
The former dean of Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, William Strampel, allegedly paid pay medical students up to $100-an-hour for nude modeling sessions and invasive practice exams — which included breast and pelvic inspections, according to prosecutors. Strampel has already been accused of sexually abusing athletes in similar fashion as Dr. Larry Nassar, […]
Bill Cosby Guilty of Sexual Assault
After a previous sex assault trial ended in a mistrial, a new jury found actor Bill Cosby guilty on all three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault. While many women have come forward in the past few years to accuse Cosby of drugging them in order to sexually assault them, it was Andrea Constand, a […]
Diocese of Rockville Centre Knows How to Deal with Pedophile Priests
The Diocese of Rockville Centre is home to 1.5 million Catholics living in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, a region known better as Long Island. It is the sixth largest diocese in the United States and approximately 60 of its priests have been accused of the sexual abuse of children. But Rockville Centre knows […]
The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Announce a Sexual Abuse Compensation Plan
The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn announced last week that it will offer a sexual abuse victim compensation plan similar to the one the Archdiocese of New York began last year. The Brooklyn program will initially consider the cases of about 280 abuse victims already known to the diocese, for claims of abuse that date to […]
