Helping Survivors
Category: Clergy Sex Abuse
UPDATED FEBRUARY 20, 2026 Kentucky State Police have confirmed that David A. Rodgers, who was charged with child sexual abuse offenses, is dead after an apparent suicide. KSP announced…
A new lawsuit filed in June against the Archdiocese of Miami has brought back a horrific case involving Neil Doherty, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually abusing minors…
Two Romanian men have filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in California accusing former Riverside megachurch pastor Paul Havsgaard of sexually abusing and trafficking children at a shelter he…
Jeffrey Williams Zabel, the pastor of worship and service production at Arbor Road Church (ARC) in Long Beach, California, was arrested on September 9, 2025, after admitting to viewing…
Rev. David Ryan, a priest and clergy member in Chicago, is facing fresh allegations of child sexual abuse. The allegations are connected to his tenure at Maryville Academy, a…
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces 153 claims of clergy sexual abuse. Church officials stated that the bankruptcy process would…
On July 14, 2025, survivors filed eight lawsuits in New Mexico’s Third Judicial District. These lawsuits alleged that victims were sexually abused as children by priests with the Diocese…
Allegations Against Pastor Robert Hoeffner A civil lawsuit filed on May 30, 2025, accuses former Pastor Robert Hoeffner of the Diocese of Orlando of sexually abusing a minor, Shawn…
A Sanford pastor, Yersson Solarte, has been arrested in connection with disturbing allegations of sexual abuse involving two underage girls at Ipul Pentecostal Church in Sanford, Florida. While Solarte…
The faith community in Palatka was rocked recently when Pastor Leo Parker of Emerge Church was arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a minor. The allegations, which span…
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) reportedly ruled against consolidating over 50 child sexual abuse lawsuits filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS)….
Theodore E. McCarrick was ordained as a priest for the Archdiocese of New York on June 15, 1958. Shortly thereafter, he began his career in the church, with claims…
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