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Suit Against Irving-Based Boy Scouts Says New Abuse Claims Uncovered

Lawyers bringing a lawsuit against Irving-based Boy Scouts of America said Tuesday they believe they’ve turned up allegations of sexual abuse against more than 350 people not previously identified in files released by the organization. “It is apparent that the Boy Scouts Defendants continue to hide the true nature of their cover-up and the extent of the pedophilia epidemic within their …


Lawsuit: Student Sexually Assaults 4th Victim After Shawnee Mission Schools Fails to Report Claims

A father has filed a federal lawsuit against Shawnee Mission schools alleging the district failed to report sexual assault accusations against a middle school boy who later assaulted his eighth-grade daughter in class. According to court documents, the lawsuit claims the boy “forcibly put his hands down [her] pants and penetrated her” in a study hall classroom at Westridge …


Saucon Valley District Allows Racism to Flourish

A Lower Saucon Township couple say their sons have endured racial slurs and race-related attacks in Saucon Valley schools and administrators have failed to protect them. Kerry and Sheila MacLean sued the school district in federal court over race-related events they said they have logged since they moved into the school district in 2013. According to the lawsuit, their high school- and middle …


Men File Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Boy Scouts, Mormon Church

Five men who say they were sexually abused as kids while in the Boy Scouts of America are suing the organization and the Mormon church because they say both groups fraudulently presented the Boy Scouts as a safe, wholesome activity for boys. The men filed the lawsuit Monday in Boise’s U.S. District Court. They contend that the Boy Scouts of America and The Church of Jesus Christ …


Lawsuit Filed Against Janitor Accused of Raping Student

The parents of a Roane County teenager, who they say was raped at school by a janitor, have filed a lawsuit seeking $4.5 million. The lawsuit was filed Monday against Jessica Elane Galyon, Roane County Schools, and Compass One Services of Tennessee. Compass One is the contractor that employed Galyon. Galyon also faces criminal charges in connection with the rape allegations. In February, a grand jury indicted Galyon, 29, on rape charges that included …


Boy Robbed at Gunpoint Prompts Lawsuit Against BART

The family of a 12-year-old boy is suing BART, saying there was insufficient security at the El Cerrito del Norte station when their son was robbed at gunpoint. The incident happened last April, and the boy was not hurt. The boy told his mom he gave his backpack to the robber, held onto his cellphone and ran away.


Lawsuit: Priest Demanded Sexual Favors for Boy Scout Badges

A Virginia resident who lived on Guam in the 1970s alleges he was sexually molested and abused by a former priest and Boy Scout master in order to attain Boy Scout badges. Morgan Wade Paul, 53, is the latest victim to come forward and file a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Agana and retired priest Louis Brouillard in the District Court of Guam. The lawsuit states that Paul became an altar …


3 Holyoke Police Officers Accused in Lawsuit of Beating Boy, 12, Unconscious

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Hampden Superior Court in Springfield, three Holyoke police officers were accused of beating a 12-year-old boy unconscious after responding to a shots-fired call in 2014. “Rather than searching and questioning the boy the officers assaulted him without cause, inflicting a concussion, deviated nasal septum, multiple abrasions and contusions to the scalp, …


‘Clock Boy’ Loses Big in Defamation Lawsuit

Ahmed Mohamed and his family were seeking $100,000 in restitution from conservative news organizations for defamation of character, but were denied by the courts on Monday. During the hearing, AFLC co-founder and senior counsel David Yerushalmi explained to Judge Maricela Moore that the purpose of the lawfare-driven lawsuit was to intimidate into silence those who might comment publicly on the …