Law Firm Jeff Anderson & Associates, P.A Attorneys St. Paul, Minnesota Lawyers

The leader of a northern Minnesota Christian retreat center took advantage of his grandfather-like role in a girl's life and inappropriately touched and kissed her, according to the girl's attorneys.

Video of Patrick Noaker and Sarah Odegaard announcing a federal lawsuit filed against Gerald Derstine, founder of Gospel Crusade Inc.

07/28/10

Anderson Advocates blog on the filing of a child sex abuse lawsuit against an internationally known religious leader, Gerald Derstine

Derstine Letter to Jane Doe

Derstine Complaint

Derstine Christian Retreat

Derstine Police Statement

Press Conference Media Advisory

Clip from press conference held 7/28/10 announcing sexual abuse lawsuit against Rev. Gerald Derstine

07/20/10

Wis. justices uphold ex-Jesuit priest's conviction

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the sexual abuse conviction of a once-prominent Jesuit priest who insisted he was unfairly prosecuted for acts dating to the 1960s.

07/01/10

Lawsuit claims church protected abusive Salesian priest with transfers to 3 continents

A California man who alleges he was abused in the 1960s by a priest who belonged to the Salesian order of the Roman Catholic church filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the order and the Vatican, claiming officials covered for the cleric by shuffling him between three continents over three decades.

6/30/10 Press Conference Announcing Lawsuit Naming Vatican and Salesian Defendants Involving Sexual Abuse by Fr. Jim “Titian” Miani.

Video of Press conference held 6/30/10 in California

06/30/10

Press Release - California man first to sue Vatican after U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Foreign Sovereign Immunity case against Holy See

Miani Timeline

Miani locations Map

Miani Picture

Miani listed as a priest in 2010

Miani Complaint

06/28/10

Supreme Court won't hear Vatican appeal over Oregon clergy sex abuse lawsuit

Press Release - U.S. Supreme Court denial allows civil lawsuit to proceed against the Holy See

06/25/10

CORRECTION: Fr. Vijay Bhaskar Godugunuru

06/21/10

To view video of the press conference held on (6/21/10) CLICK HERE

Copy of Complaint against the Legionaires of Christ, filed in New Haven, CT 6.21.2010

Maciel with Pope

Timeline of Father Marcial Maciel Degollado

1976 letter from Juan Vaca to Marcial Maciel

1989 letter from Juan Vaca to Pope John Paul II

06/03/10

Sexual Abuse Lawsuit involving Bro. Raimond Rose while at Redwing Juvenile Correctional Facility

05/27/10

Hunt for child porn? St. Paul attorney Jeff Anderson will hunt you down

The St. Paul lawyer known for suing pedophile priests turns to those who look at abusive online images of kids. He vows to sue them and publicize their names.

To view video of the press conference held yesterday about the Child Porn Initiative (5/26/10) CLICK HERE

05/26/10

Another abuse claim filed against ex-teacher

A sixth lawsuit in North Dakota accusing a former religion teacher at Fargo Shanley High School of molesting a teenage boy in the 1970s was filed on Tuesday.

St. Paul lawyer: If you even peek at kiddie porn, I'll find you and expose you

A St. Paul attorney has vowed to track down and expose people who so much as open a computer file with child pornography as part of a new initiative designed to stop the sexual exploitation of children at its source.

Press Conference - Announcing the launch of a major national initiative to detect, track and ultimately deter, through civil litigation, the exploitation of children for pornography

Child Pornography Complaint filed in Federal District Court

Child Pornography Initiative - Masha's Law-

Video - Statement by Sgt. Bill Haider on the Child Porn Initiative

05/25/10

Nineteenth (19th) Christian Brothers child sex abuse suit filed

05/24/10

Eighteenth (18th) Christian Brothers child sex abuse suit filed

05/19/10

Ex-student claims abuse, sues St. John's Prep

A former St. John's Prep student is suing the school, a monk who used to teach there and the Order of St. Benedict and St. John's Abbey, alleging a cover-up of sexual abuse.

05/18/10

St. John's Abbey faces new abuse suit

St. John's Abbey is accused of breaking a promise to the family of two boys allegedly abused by monk that he would not work with kids again.

Press conference – lawsuit filed stems from recruiting grooming and subsequent sexual abuse and exploitation of two minor students

Recent complaint involving St. John’s and Fr. Francisco Schulte

Video of press conference held 5/18/10

05/11/10

Wis Man: Catholic School Enabled Pedophile Teacher

A Wisconsin man who said he was abused 40 years ago by a teacher at a Catholic high school sued the school and church officials Tuesday, claiming they allowed the teacher continued access to children despite his apparent history of pedophilia.

Seventeenth (17th) Christian Brothers child sex abuse & fraud suit is filed in Stevens Point

05/10/10

Attorney says Breck School knew Bill Jacobs had history of molesting boys. Former official denies it.

Fallout grows in ex-Mpls. park cop's molestation case

Press Conference - Victim of child sex abuse files lawsuit against Breck School

05/06/10

Fifth North Dakota lawsuit filed against ex-Shanley teacher

A fifth North Dakota lawsuit claiming that an ex-teacher at Shanley High School molested a teenage boy was filed Wednesday, the same day a judge ruled that one of the earlier lawsuits can continue forward.

05/05/10

Fifteenth (15th) Catholic child sex & fraud suit is filed against Brother Raimond Rose (Click for Complaint)