Plaintiff Jon David Couzens returned to the stand on Wednesday in the Independence trial of his abuse claims against a local priest.
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Read More »Plaintiff Jon David Couzens returned to the stand on Wednesday in the Independence trial of his abuse claims against a local priest.
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Read More »Two experts in canon law raised the volume Tuesday in what had been a somber Jackson County courtroom hearing the sexual abuse case against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.
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Read More »The Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph may have known about Monsignor Thomas O’Brien’s alcoholism, but not necessarily any abuse allegations, according to testimony heard Monday by a Jackson County jury.
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Read More »Attorneys made their opening statements Monday in a Jackson County courtroom in the first priest-abuse case to go to trial in Missouri in recent history.
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Read More »An arbitrator has ordered the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph to pay $1.1 million for failing to adhere to settlement guidelines from a 2008 sexual abuse case.
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Read More »A $130,000 settlement ended a lawsuit alleging that a priest sexually abused a student at a St. Joseph Catholic high school.
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Read More »Jerry Sandusky is seeking to reverse his conviction, claiming he didn’t get a fair trial.
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Read More »A 39-year-old man has reached a $600,000 settlement over allegations of sexual abuse by a Boonville priest in the 1980s. The settlement was reached in June after mediation between the Jefferson City Diocese, Newark, N.J. Diocese and Servants of the ...
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Read More »A case that entwined allegations of priest sexual abuse with employment discrimination has settled quietly for the costs of the litigation. The plaintiff, identified in court documents only as John Doe GS, had sued the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph ...
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