A 2022 federal law lets sexual assault claims go to court despite such clauses. Roblox says it does not apply because the abusers were third parties. About 180 federal lawsuits accuse the platform of letting adults find and groom children. None of the claims has been tested at trial. Families’ responses are due Oct. 27,…
The attorney general says leaders of three dioceses covered up abuse. Worcester diocese still refuses to name accused priests as attorney general presses. The bill that would let clergy abuse survivors sue has sat still since July 31.
Seven women say a former physical therapist abused them during treatment, and that staff at the county’s only hospital were told as early as 2007. California’s crime of sexually exploiting a patient covers doctors and psychotherapists, not physical therapists.