A retired New Orleans priest admitted to kidnapping and raping a 16 year old in 1975. On the eve of a criminal trial against retired New Orleans priest Lawrence Hecker, the 93-year old clergyman pleaded guilty to child rape and kidnapping charges filed against him. Much like Reverend Gilbert...

Allegations of sexual abuse at Golden Dawn Tabernacle in Tucson went ignored or swept aside for decades, according to an investigation into the apparent culture of silence at the Arizona church. An investigation led by Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism Team and Arizona Daily Star has...

In the largest clergy sexual abuse settlement involving the Catholic Church, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agrees to pay $880 million. After months of negotiations, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (AOLA) agreed to pay $880 million to approximately 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse by priests it...

Robert Morris, senior pastor and founder of Gateway Church near Dallas, TX resigns amid accusations of sexual abuse in the 1980s. In June 2024, a 62-year old Texas pastor of Gateway Church resigned after sexual abuse allegations surfaced against him.  The allegations were revealed on a religious...

Deaths of two inmates at a Wisconsin Prison leads to charges filed against the warden and either other staff members. The charges include felony misconduct in connection with the death of a mentally ill inmate who died due to malnutrition and dehydration. Two recent inmate deaths at Waupun Correctional...

A Baltimore woman who ran a statewide sex-trafficking ring in Maryland for almost two years faces 135 charges related to almost a dozen women she held as sex slaves. The attorneys at Grant & Eisenhofer are actively investigating this story and are here to help survivors break the cycle of...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno (Fresno Diocese) announces imminent bankruptcy filing after 154 clergy abuse claims were filed against it. Many of these decades-old claims were revived under the California Assembly Bill 218, which opened a window of time for survivors to file suit against...

This fall, new changes will be made regarding Title IX impacting all federally-funded schools, as the U.S. Department of Education has recently unveiled new regulations on implementing the law. In April 2024, the Biden administration unveiled sweeping updates on how federally-funded schools will...

On March 21, 2024, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michelle M. Harner issued a historic order permitting survivors to tell their stories in the Baltimore-based bankruptcy proceedings. To our knowledge, this is the first such order in the spate of bankruptcy cases brought on behalf of Catholic dioceses across...

The disturbing deepfake pornography trend is rocking the nation—but schools aren’t always equipped to handle the fallout, and federal legislation hasn’t yet caught up. Recently, a Westfield High School student decided to take her classmate to federal court over pornographic images of her that...

Multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in the six dioceses across Illinois reveals abuse of almost 2,000 children by more than 450 Catholic clerics A multi-year investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois culminated...

An appellate court decision essentially rejects one of the nation’s landmark civil rights laws A recent U.S. appellate court ruling has caused a stir, potentially leading to overturning Supreme Court precedent with respect to the Voting Rights Act. The decision out of the U.S. Circuit Court...