texas - Feeney Law Firm https://feeneylawfirm.com/tag/texas/ Quincy MA Lawyer handling personal injury claims and lawsuits nationwide Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:29:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Texas Priest Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse https://feeneylawfirm.com/texas-priest-sentenced-for-child-sex-abuse/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:29:36 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=5271 Texas priest Father Manuel La Rosa-Lopez was sentenced to 10 years in state prison after pleading guilty to two charges of second-degree felony indecency with a child. The charges stem from when La Rosa-Lopez served at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Conroe Texas in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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]]> Lawsuit Filed by Six Women Against the Diocese of Austin Texas https://feeneylawfirm.com/lawsuit-filed-by-six-women-against-the-diocese-of-austin-texas/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:51:42 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=3980 Father Isidore Ndagizimana, better known as Father Izzy, of St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Austin, Texas, has been accused of sexually abusing 6 female parishioners. The six women, whose names have been left anonymous, claim Father Ndagizimana would touch them inappropriately in the confessional box at church and tried kissing them. Also, while their husbands were away he would often show up at their homes uninvited.

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]]> Woman Sues Megachurch for $1 Million for Mishandling Her Sex Abuse Case https://feeneylawfirm.com/woman-sues-megachurch-for-1-million-for-mishandling-her-sex-abuse-case/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:12:58 +0000 https://feeneylawfirm.com/?p=2781 In recent news, an 18-year-old-woman has hired a sexual abuse lawyer and is suing The Village Church (TVC) in Texas for more than $1 million dollars. According to the lawsuit filing, the plaintiff was allegedly 11 years old when she was sexually molested by TVC employee Matthew Tonne while attending summer camp. To make matters worse, TVC handled the initial allegations by the plaintiff poorly. Matt Chandler, TVC’s pastor, was quoted as saying “[the unnamed sexual abuser did not currently have] access to member children of TVC” because Tonne technically no longer worked for TVC. Chandler was later quoted in an email to the TVC congregation saying that Tonne was leaving TVC due to an “alcohol abuse problem”. In other words, Tonne was not leaving TVC as a result of the sexual abuse lawsuit. Tonne also received a severance package from TVC upon departure.

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