Posts Tagged ‘Lawsuit’

Abuse victims suing Vatican

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

Five sexual abuse victims of priests will sue the Vatican to get names and details of the priests involved, an attorney for the group says. The lawsuit in the US federal court aims to compel the Vatican to open its archives and “release all the identities of thousands of offenders known exclusively by the Vatican Read more

Washington archdiocese sues metro

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

A lawsuit against Washington city’s metro (WMATA) system was filed on Tuesday by the Washington archdiocese. The lawsuit was filed after the metro system banned the archdiocese’s Christmas ads. A series of ads promoting Christmas Mass schedules and ways to help the needy during the holiday season had been prepared. They were to be shown Read more

Leading Notre Dame theologian named in abuse lawsuit

Friday, June 5th, 2015

A University of Notre Dame professor dubbed the father of US Latino religious thought has been accused of sexually abusing a boy more than 30 years ago. A lawsuit has been filed against Fr Virgilio Elizondo, a theology professor at Notre Dame, as well as against a former priest and San Antonio archdiocese. The lawsuit Read more