Churches, Schools, The Entertainment Industry - Too Many Hid Sexual Abuse Within Their Ranks

Even If Decades Ago, You May Still Be Able to Hold Them Accountable.

Many of these institutions turned a blind eye to sexual abuse. Lawsuits are the only way to fight back, help expose the cover-up and protect others.

# California Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

The Law Has Changed: If You Were Abused Decades Ago, You May Still Be Able to Seek Justice.

In 2020, a new law went into effect in California that allows people who were sexually abused as children to file lawsuits, even if the abuse happened decades ago. At the same time, adults who were abused within the past few years may also have the opportunity to seek justice.

What does that mean? It means that men and women who were sexually abused by an authority figure such as a priest, teacher, coach, doctor, industry exec (and so on), now have the opportunity to hold these organizations accountable for covering up known, systemic sexual abuse.

Some of these entities include:

Camps
Churches and Other Houses of Worship
Doctors/Hospitals
Entertainment Industry Execs
Schools/Universities

Abuse could have been prevented if these organizations had chosen to take appropriate action against the abusers in order to cut off their access to those people who were hurt by them. But that’s not what happened. Instead, to protect their precious reputations, these organizations hid the abuse. When it happened, they turned a blind eye, perpetuating a vicious cycle.

Now, it’s time to hold these institutions accountable for what they did. But you have to take the first step. Contact us today to learn how you can take your power back by filing a lawsuit.

Abuse in the Entertainment Industry

It’s an open secret – if you want to get ahead in the entertainment world, you may be forced to do something you don’t want to do. That doesn’t make it right. Even if you were pressured into doing something to “get ahead in your career,” that doesn’t make it right.

The exploitation of children dreaming of a career on screen is one of the most disturbing things in our world today. Now is the time to take a stand against normalizing this behavior, and expose it a la Harvey Weinstein.

He’s not the only creep in the entertainment industry – contact us now to expose the others and stop this cycle of abuse.

The Catholic Church

The Catholic Church is perhaps one of the most egregious examples of sexual abuse being hidden. For decades, the church covered up horrendous acts of child sexual abuse by numerous priests by quieting rumors of abuse and moving accused priests to different parishes. Sadly, in many instances, the priests continued to abuse in their new parish. And the cycle continued.

That is, until after decades of silence the Spotlight team at The Boston Globe (as dramatized in the film Spotlight) busted the scandal wide open. Their groundbreaking series of articles on the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sexual abuse brought the issue into the forefront.

Now, we are working with men and women who were abused to seek justice and hold the Catholic Church accountable.

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Abuse by Doctors

It’s hard to believe someone you think you can trust, like your doctor, could be capable of sexual abuse. Yet, we have seen far too many examples of how doctors have betrayed a patient’s trust. Some recent examples include Dr. Larry Nassar, who abused numerous young gymnasts under the guise of conducting routine medical examinations.

Nassar isn’t the only one. Dr. Robert Hadden, formerly affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Columbia Hospital, has been accused of abuse by dozens of women. Dr. Robert E. Anderson, formerly associated with the University of Michigan, has been accused of abuse by around 100 former athletes. And we know the list doesn’t end there.

Boy Scouts of America

The Boy Scouts of America, founded in 1910, may have been sexually abusing children since 1919. In fact, when the organization’s abuse and related cover-up came to light, the Boy Scouts had amassed at least 1,900 files and 3,000 case summaries of sexual abuse ranging from 1947 to 2005. These files, coined the “perversion files,” were used internally. What did the Boy Scouts do with the information? Well, they didn’t tell the police. Typically, they didn’t do anything at all. Instead, when push came to shove, it appears as if they allowed the molesters to depart easily and quietly, only to reappear in another troop or state and to continue to sexually abuse the young boys that the Boy Scouts were supposed to build up, not tear down.

By coming forward, you can help expose the cover up and hold the Boy Scouts accountable. Contact us to learn how.

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Schools and Other Entities

Sadly, the stories of abuse don’t stop there. Other organizations and entities people thought they could trust, like schools, camps, and other places of worship, have also been accused of covering up systemic child sexual abuse.

And the list doesn’t end there – so much abuse happened in the shadows, it’s virtually impossible to keep track of everything. Even though these horrors happened, there may be something you can do about it, even now.

Hold Them Accountable