diocese of oakland - Feeney Law Firm https://feeneylawfirm.com/tag/diocese-of-oakland/ Quincy MA Lawyer handling personal injury claims and lawsuits nationwide Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:40:38 +0000 en hourly 1 Diocese of Oakland Files for Bankruptcy https://feeneylawfirm.com/diocese-of-oakland-files-for-bankruptcy/ Thu, 25 May 2023 16:06:23 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6886 Earlier this month, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Oakland issued a press release stating that the Diocese of Oakland would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The release cites the more than 330 lawsuits ...

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]]> Diocese of Oakland Priest Accused of Raping Boy Decades Ago https://feeneylawfirm.com/diocese-of-oakland-priest-accused-of-raping-boy-decades-ago/ Fri, 28 May 2021 18:35:33 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5658 A recent lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Oakland accuses deceased priest Monsignor John T. McCracken of raping a young boy on multiple occasions between 1972 and 1974. It is the first time McCracken has been accused of sexual abuse of a child and his name is not on the Dioceses’ 2019 list of priests credibly accused of sexually abusing children.

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]]> Oakland Diocese Reaches Settlement with Sexual Abuse Victim https://feeneylawfirm.com/oakland-diocese-reaches-settlement-with-sexual-abuse-victim/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 22:38:14 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5226 In December of 2020, the Diocese of Oakland announced it reached a $3.5 million dollar priest sex abuse settlement with a former seminarian who asserted Father Michael Van Dinh raped him in 2017 at St. Michaels Parish in Livermore, CA. The seminarian did not wish to be identified and will be referred to here as ‘John Doe’

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]]> Catholic Diocese of Oakland Named In Clergy Sexual Abuse Lawsuit https://feeneylawfirm.com/catholic-diocese-of-oakland-named-in-clergy-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:38:28 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=4737 The attorney for ‘John Doe’, a sexual abuser survivor who wished to keep his identity concealed, file a complaint at the Alameda County Superior Court against the Diocese of Oakland, St. John’s Catholic Church in San Lorenzo, and Corpus Christi Church in Fremont, accusing them of negligence in protecting children from predator priests.

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