For generations of New Mexican families, the Boy Scouts were seen as a safe harbor to develop the character, morality and skills necessary for a lifetime of civic duty. For many, the Scouts failed to live up to their high ideals and the leaders they sheltered were wolves in sheep's clothing. Coun...
Facing thousands of sexual-abuse lawsuits filed by former scouts, the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) has filed for bankruptcy. Through bankruptcy, the BSA will establish a fund to compensate survivors of sexual abuse at the hand of BSA employees and volunteers. Survivors will have a limited time i...
Rothstein Donatelli civil rights attorneys Carolyn M. “Cammie” Nichols, Alicia Lopez, and Maggie Lane have filed their fifth lawsuit on behalf of a victim of former schoolteacher and convicted sex offender, Gary Gregor, and Gregor's employer, the Espanola Public School District (EPS). Victim C...
Gary Gregor was convicted last Wednesday of criminal sexual contact with a minor in the latest victory for justice for the victims of this former Española teacher. The victim in this case is represented in a lawsuit against Española Public Schools, Gregor, and then-principal Ruby Montoya by Roths...
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Our Univision News team traveled to the interior of New Mexico , where at one time there was a rehabilitation center for pedophile priests from across the nation. Just over an hour away from Alquerque and between a road lost in the mountains, the "rehabilitation center" Fitzgerald was established...
Héctor Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico, explains how the authorities never investigated the cases as is being done now as the church was highly respected, trusted and took advantage of the legal and political relationships in the small community of New Mexico. For a specialized psycholog...
UnivisionAccusations of sexual abuse of minors by priests date back to 1940, marking decades that no one knew was behind a sacred institution and hundreds of crimes not to mention. Victims of these crimes, they relate how they lived in fearless silence without being able to say anything to their ...
A Santa Fe judge has been asked to take up the question of how much information the Roman Catholic Church can conceal in clerical sex abuse cases. Read the full article here.
