The city government is potentially facing 17 new child sexual abuse lawsuits and tens of millions of dollars in legal exposure, a Manhattan law firm revealed in a recent letter to the city comptroller. In the Oct. 11 letter, lawyer…
Clergy abuse survivors meet face to face with leaders of Rochester Catholic diocese
Rochester, N.Y. — Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) – For about five hours, sex abuse survivors and attorneys lobbed questions at Bishop Salvatore Matano as well as the CFO of the Catholic Diocese of Rochester. It was the first meeting of the…
Facebook Encryption Eyed in Fight Against Online Child Sex Abuse
An explosion in reports of child sexual abuse imagery on the internet is prompting the authorities to step up pressure on technology companies over their use of encryption — and Facebook, which flags by far the largest amount of the…
Advocates For Abuse Survivors Question Objectivity Of Independent Review of Catholic Church Practices
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Advocates for survivors of abuse related to the Catholic Church are hopeful but skeptical of an independent review that found the New York Archdiocese is actively working towards preventing abuse. Any improvement in how the Catholic Church…
An Explosion in Online Child Sex Abuse: What You Need to Know
Tech companies are reporting a boom in online photos and videos of children being sexually abused — a record 45 million illegal images were flagged last year alone — exposing a system at a breaking point and unable to keep…
The Internet Is Overrun With Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?
Online predators create and share the illegal material, which is increasingly cloaked by technology. Tech companies, the government and the authorities are no match. The images are horrific. Children, some just 3 or 4 years old, being sexually abused and…