Today The Baltimore Sun has chosen the survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters seeking to hold the Catholic Church accountable as the 2022 Marylanders of the Year. Photographs of two of our pro bono clients, Michelle Stanton and Donna Vondenbosch, are prominently featured. We could not be prouder of them, and all of the …
Archdiocese of Baltimore Clergy Abuse – Support for Survivor-Justice Legislation
Last week our legal team asked a Baltimore Circuit Court judge to release a sealed Grand Jury Report on pervasive, serial sexual abuse within the Baltimore Archdiocese. We commend a leading Maryland State Senator for supporting a proposal to give childhood sexual assault and abuse survivors, including those victimized over decades by Archdiocese priests, the …
Archdiocese of Baltimore – Clergy Sexual Abuse – Jenner Law Press Conference
This afternoon Jenner Law and our co-counsel from Grant & Eisenhofer held a joint press conference, alongside sexual assault and abuse survivors, to announce our latest legal action on behalf of survivors of clergy abuse. Our clients, survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and their advocates, are demanding the courts release a 456-page …
Probe of Baltimore Archdiocese Finds More Than 600 Clergy Sex Abuse Victims
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office is completing work on a four-year investigation of allegations of abuse in the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, committed by priests, teachers and other archdiocese employees. The Archdiocese of Baltimore includes 153 parishes, 40 elementary schools and18 high schools. The Attorney General’s Office has now revealed that more than 600 young victims were subject …