Although this news first came out last month, we at CJG feel it important enough to keep talking about. A 28-year old woman who calls herself Jamie phoned her former teacher, who had sexually molested her for years starting when Jamie was her student. Jamie did this when she was frustrated to find that the statute of
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UN report slams Vatican, accuses Pope of protecting abusers
A United Nations committee has accused the Vatican of knowingly covering up priest sex abuse in an attempt protect the reputation of the Catholic Church. In a report released this week that news agencies are calling “devastating” and “a scathing rebuke,” the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child excoriates church leaders for what
All Johnson & Groninger partners named to N.C. Super Lawyers 2014
The firm is pleased to announce that all three of its partners were listed in the 2014 edition of Super Lawyers Magazine. Valerie Johnson was selected in the areas of Civil Litigation and Workers’ Compensation, and Leto Copeley and Ann Groninger were selected in the areas of Personal Injury – General. Leto was also included in the
UN committee interrogates Vatican delegates
A United Nations committee dedicated to the rights of children is demanding answers from the Vatican regarding the sexual abuse scandal that has embarrassed and shamed the Catholic Church internationally. Delegates sent to answer questions from UN child protection experts denied allegations that the Vatican engaged in a cover-up of abuse. The Vatican representatives told the
Victims group angered by church’s release of names
A group advocating for the rights of sexual abuse victims is outraged by a letter the Archdiocese of Chicago intends to distribute to all parishioners. SNAP, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims who were sexually abused by priests, is protesting the letter, penned by Cardinal Francis George and released by the Illinois-based diocese earlier