Maryland faces difficult choices when it comes to the size of financial damages available to victims of childhood sexual ...

In seven lawsuits filed last week, the former Scouts said the alleged abusers used their “power, authority and trust” to coerce them to engage in sexual acts.

Over a three-day period last week, 174 former Boy Scouts filed sex abuse lawsuits against the six, mid-level councils that ...

The names and information of victims of sexual abuse may have been compromised by a cybersecurity breach in early March.

Advocates are pressing survivors of child clergy sexual abuse to file court action soon due to a change in Maryland state law ...

Survivors of child sex abuse in Maryland must file their lawsuits by May 31 if they want to avoid a new law that limits the amount of compensation a person can receive under the Child Victims Act.

A victim of child abuse at one of Scotland’s most exclusive private schools has secured a landmark legal victory, winning a six-figure sum settlement after breaking his silence on pupil-on-pupil ...

Lisae Jordan, executive director and counsel at Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault ... different affair than two years ago when Moore praised passage of the Child Victims Act and throngs of ...

On April 11, 2023, the governor of Maryland signed the Maryland Child Victims Act into law. This act eliminated the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits for child sex abuse, so those who were ...

At around 3 p.m., a Maryland ... child abduction that had happened in the same area where Plummer was stopped. Two girls told police that Plummer accosted them while they walked nearby. The ...

(The Daily Record/File Photo) A new Maryland law limiting both public and private institutions’ liability under the Child Victims Act has thrown a wrench in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

A key lobbyist for public schools said on Wednesday it has shifted focus in advocating for districts struggling to pay out verdicts and settlements under New York's Child Victims Act. The New York ...