A veteran biology teacher and tennis coach at Fairfield Ludlowe High School is being sued by a female student who contends he assaulted her and subjected her to sexual harassment and a hostile school environment. John Honey, a teacher at Warde High...
Philadelphia Priest Trial Refocuses Abuse Scandal – Protecting abusive priests by moving them
Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in Philadelphia in the first case in which an official of a Roman Catholic archdiocese has been accused of protecting abusive priests by moving them from parish to parish. Monsignor William Lynn has pleaded not guilty to...
Doctor’s License Revoked After Board Concludes He Had Sex With Patient
Over the course of a year, Dr. Jyoji Bristol of Cheshire allegedly twice had consensual sex with a drug-addicted patient, wrote prescriptions for her inside a Starbucks, drove her to the pharmacy though she'd gotten drugs from 33 other prescribers, and sent her reams...
Clerical Abusers and the First Amendment
Religious institutions have constitutional protections, but they are not above the law. Unfortunately, that has not stopped the Roman Catholic Church and other religious groups from arguing that the First Amendment shields them from civil lawsuits for negligent...
Doctor Charged With Raping Patient Faces New Allegation Of Sexual Misconduct
A woman is suing the East Hartford doctor previously accused of raping a patient, claiming that he had sex with her in a hotel after giving her a drug cocktail and telling her that he had to be the first to have intercourse with her after pelvic surgery, court...
Teacher Sex Abuse: Why Repeat Offenders Are So Common
Parents don't want to further traumatize young victims, but handling things "discreetly" merely displaces the problem to another school or community When Bud Spillane was a school superintendent in New Rochelle, N.Y., he had to deal with removing an elementary school...
Trial Set in Lawsuit Against Westport Connecticut Schools
A four-year-old lawsuit will go to trial this month as a former Staples High School student who says she was sexually assaulted by her English teacher in 2003 sues Westport Superintendent of Schools Elliott Landon, the Board of Education and a former Staples High...
Sandusky Abused Boys Aged 8 – 17
Prosecutors claim Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys ranging in age from 8 to 17, eight of whom were molested on the Penn State campus, according to a document with new details about the case filed Thursday. The Pennsylvania attorney general's office said in the...
