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California Assembly Bill 218: Info and Rights for Survivors

Only one out of three people choose to report their sexual assault to the police. Reporting childhood sexual assault can be extremely challenging. Many people take decades to report their childhood sexual assault. The average age of those reporting was 52 years old....
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California Rape Laws: Your Rights as a Survivor

Our attorneys focus on holding institutions responsible for allowing abuse to occur. We typically do not handle matters involving rape or abuse by a personal acquaintance, family member, or other individual outside of an organization. Survivors of rape have endured a terrible injustice....
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California Sexual Harassment Law: An Overview of Your Rights

California’s sexual harassment laws prohibit unwelcome sexual advances, offensive conduct, and actions that create a hostile work environment based on an employee’s sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or pregnancy. These laws cover a broad range of offensive behaviors, including gender-based harassment and actions...
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List of Priests Accused of Abuse in San Francisco

There are several priests within the Archdiocese of San Francisco who are accused of sexual abuse. While many of these abuses happened prior to 1990, many occurred more recently. The list below represents ten priests accused of abuse in San Francisco by the...
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List of Priests Accused of Abuse in San Bernardino

Over the past few decades, there have been countless headlines about priests accused of abuse in San Bernardino and around the world. Unfortunately, there are many priests under the Archdiocese of San Bernardino who have numerous allegations against them. Below is a list...
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List of Priests Accused of Abuse in Orange County

There have been many priests accused of abuse in Orange County, many of whom work under the Diocese of Orange County. The list below represents the ten most frequently reported perpetrators and the total number of accusations against them. While many of these...
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List of Priests Accused of Abuse in San Diego

In the San Diego Catholic Diocese, there are dozens of priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse. Many of them deny these accusations, even when multiple survivors come forward. It’s important to note that not all these cases end up going...
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List of Priests Accused of Abuse in California

People who were abused by priests in California are able to get help through the California Assembly which recently passed a bill extending the timeframe that survivors can file civil claims. The bill was passed in 2019 and opened up a three-year window...
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List of Priests Accused of Abuse in Los Angeles

The Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal is fairly well known in the United States and now around the world. But many people don’t know how many priests have been credibly accused of child sexual abuse. Just in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles alone,...
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Boucher LLP Secures Win for Employees With California Court of Appeal’s Reversal of Trial Court Decision Denying Class Certification

In Barriga v. 99 Cents Only, Case No. E069288 (June 26, 2020), California’s Fourth Appellate District Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s decision to deny class certification in a case involving employees of 99 Cents Only, after determining the trial court did...
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