Connecticut - Feeney Law Firm https://feeneylawfirm.com/tag/connecticut/ Quincy MA Lawyer handling personal injury claims and lawsuits nationwide Wed, 26 May 2021 19:34:20 +0000 en hourly 1 Older Survivors of Sexual Abuse Will Have to Wait for Statute Changes https://feeneylawfirm.com/older-survivors-of-sexual-abuse-will-have-to-wait-for-statute-changes/ Wed, 26 May 2021 19:34:20 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5648 Connecticut’s current civil statute of limitations law (SOL) for childhood sexual abuse leaves older victims of abuse without an avenue to pursue justice because their claims are time-barred by the law. Unfortunately, those survivors will have to wait at least another year to see if any impactful changes will be made to those statute of limitations laws since no bill to change the SOL was introduced to the state legislature in the 2020 session.

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]]> Academy at Mount Saint John in Deep River Facing 35 Sexual Abuse Lawsuits https://feeneylawfirm.com/academy-at-mount-saint-john-in-deep-river-facing-35-sexual-abuse-lawsuits/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:33:02 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5533 A sexual abuse lawsuit filed by Sam Garcia at the end of 2020 makes 35 lawsuits now filed against the Diocese of Norwich and former Bishop Daniel Reilly. All the plaintiffs are men who claim as boys they were sexually assaulted and raped by Christian Brother K. Paul McGlade while they attended Academy at Mount Saint John in Deep River during the 1990s. Garcia is the only plaintiff who identified himself by name.

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]]> Connecticut Diocese Resolves Clergy Abuse Case https://feeneylawfirm.com/connecticut-diocese-resolves-clergy-abuse-case/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:44:53 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=4931 Rev. James Kowalski, the former dean of New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine, reached an agreement with the Episcopal Church in Connecticut to resolve an allegation of clergy sexual abuse against him which dates back to 1984. A young woman alleged Kowalski sexually abused her when he came to visit her during her freshman year at college. Kowalski’s connection to the alleged victim started when he was a newly ordained priest at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown, Connecticut, when the complainant was in middle school. At the time of the alleged abuse, Kowalski was serving at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hartford.

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