maryland - Feeney Law Firm https://feeneylawfirm.com/tag/maryland/ Quincy MA Lawyer handling personal injury claims and lawsuits nationwide Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:28:14 +0000 en hourly 1 Archdiocese of Baltimore Files for Bankruptcy https://feeneylawfirm.com/archdiocese-of-baltimore-files-for-bankruptcy/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:28:14 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6946 Just days before the Child Victims Act of 2023 was set to become law in Maryland, the Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for bankruptcy protection . . .

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]]> New Maryland Law Opens Permanent Revival Window https://feeneylawfirm.com/new-maryland-law-opens-permanent-revival-window/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 15:59:50 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6919 In April, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed the Child Victims Act of 2023 into law. The new law removes the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse by opening up a permanent revival window for survivors of childhood sexual abuse . . .

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]]> Redacted Names Lead to Frustration with Baltimore Archdiocese https://feeneylawfirm.com/redacted-names-lead-to-frustration-with-baltimore-archdiocese/ Thu, 11 May 2023 16:23:30 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6871 The Maryland Attorney General’s Office released its long-awaited report into clergy sexual abuse of children within the Archdiocese of Baltimore in early April. The report details 80 years of clergy sexual abuse of more than 600 children within the archdiocese. It also describes the archdiocese’s knowledge concerning clergy abuse and its attempts to cover-up what […]

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]]> Attorney General Report Shows Prosecutors Allowed Church to Hide Abusive Clergy https://feeneylawfirm.com/attorney-general-report-shows-prosecutors-allowed-church-to-hide-abusive-clergy/ Wed, 10 May 2023 19:35:43 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6864 Father William Q. Simms was one of many clergy members named as an abuser in the Maryland Attorney General’s report on child sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

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]]> Maryland Senate Passes Legislation that would remove SOL for Child Abuse Victims https://feeneylawfirm.com/maryland-senate-passes-legislation-that-would-remove-sol-for-child-abuse-victims/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:45:53 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6714 The Child Victims Act of 2023 (also known as House Bill 1) overwhelmingly passed in the Maryland Senate by a 42-5 margin.

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]]> Maryland AG Investigation Reports Over 600 Victims of Clergy Abuse https://feeneylawfirm.com/maryland-ag-investigation-reports-over-600-victims-of-clergy-abuse/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:43:12 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6634 Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh’s office finally produced a report over three years after his office first announced it would begin investigating clergy sex abuse . . .

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]]> Maryland Clergy Abuse Survivors Frustrated with Attorney General https://feeneylawfirm.com/maryland-clergy-abuse-survivors-frustrated-with-attorney-general/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:46:23 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=6586 Three years after Maryland’s Attorney General, Brian Frosh, announced he was beginning an investigation into Catholic Church clergy sex abuse, survivors are still waiting to see results . . .

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]]> Maryland Statute of Limitations for Clergy Sexual Abuse Cases https://feeneylawfirm.com/maryland-statute-of-limitations-for-clergy-sexual-abuse-cases/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 20:58:48 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5188 How long you have to file a clergy abuse lawsuit in Maryland is a common question. For some Maryland clergy abuse survivors, it may take years, even decades, to recall the abuse since traumatic events suffered as a child are often suppressed. Even survivors who haven’t repressed those memories often still need many years to process the pain and receive treatment or counseling before they are ready to share their stories.

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]]> Concordia Preparatory School Student Alleging Sexual Assault https://feeneylawfirm.com/concordia-preparatory-school-student-alleging-sexual-assault/ Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:41:47 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5023 A federal lawsuit filed by a former Concordia Preparatory School student contains several sexual assault allegations dating back to 2018 when she was a student. The lawsuit alleges the school looked the other way and failed to act even though the student repeatedly reported the incidents. The alleged assaults took place at the private school in Towson, MD, just north of Baltimore.

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]]> Catholic Priest Guilty of Sex Abuse in Washington, DC https://feeneylawfirm.com/catholic-priest-guilty-of-sex-abuse-in-washington-dc/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:36:53 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=2793 The Rev. Urbano Vazquez, a Catholic priest from Shrine of the Sacred Heart Parish in Northwest Washington, D.C. has been convicted of four counts of child sexual abuse against two children. The abuse was committed from 2015-2017 and Father Vazquez was arrested in November 2018. He was on a list of Catholic priests credibly accused of priest molestation against children which was released shortly before his arrest in late 2018.

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