by admin | Jul 7, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The most sued priest in St. Louis has been sued again. Michael McGrath is facing his 21st lawsuit. This one is from a man who claims he was sexually abused as a boy by McGrath. The man’s name is not in the lawsuit. He says he was fondled at least once in the mid...
by admin | Jun 30, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The Missouri Supreme Court has handed down several decisions. Among them, one in which the judges unanimously agreed that most provisions of Missouri’s Megan’s Law – the law requiring sex offenders to register with law enforcement – are...
by admin | Jun 22, 2006 | Crime / Courts
Survivors of sexual abuse by priests say State Supreme Court rulings give victims a wider window of opportunity to report abuse and rid the priesthood of pedofiles. The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, is calling on law enforcement to...
by admin | Jun 21, 2006 | Crime / Courts
A man identified only as “John Doe A.J.” has filed suit against the Archdiocese of St. Louis, claiming he was sexually abused by a priest back in 1982 when the man was an altar boy. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports his is the first suit filed after a...
by admin | Jun 13, 2006 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court rules in a case involving the statute of limitations in a sexual abuse case. The case centers around Michael Powel, who was a teenager when he began attending Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis in 1975. In 2000, at the age of 41,...
