tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:16:43 +0000MilwaukeeMinnesotaArchdiocese of St. Paul and MinneapolisBeckerCNNChicagoChicago DioceseClergy abuseMurphyNew YorkPryzbyloRoseSNAPAdvocatesAustraliaBridgeportChild PornCichanowiczCretin High SchoolCretin-Derham HallDeafFacebookHamiltonHanserHarassmentKempKidney donationMahoneyMexicoNative AmericanNavajo Nation TribeRepressed MemoryRiveraSt. AgnesSt. Leo's ParishSupreme CourtTwitterWaukesha Countypolissexual orientationsurvivorvictimshttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)Blogger74125en-usno© 2008 by Jeff Anderson & Associates. All rights reserved.Anderson Advocatesnoreply@blogger.comAnderson Advocatestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2308417815140699284Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:04:00 +00002011-03-25T10:39:15.199-05:00In August of 2010, we filed a lawsuit against Pastor Derstine, Gospel Crusade Inc. and Gospel Crusade Fellowship Inc., for sexual abuse of Plaintiff, a minor, by Gerald Derstine at the Strawberry Lake Retreat in Minnesota. This lawsuit is ongoing in United States District Court, District of Minnesota. This case has generated significant discussion on our old blog site, and we hope to facilitatehttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/lawsuit-against-pastor-derstine-gospel.html2noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-1625730442193015527Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:16:00 +00002010-09-29T10:22:52.725-05:00We're excited to announce that all future posts will be made on our new blog located within our new website at www.andersonadvocates.comPlease continue to follow us and explore our new websitehttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-blog-site.html1noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2264970163340607332Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:14:00 +00002010-09-24T13:44:00.293-05:00By Mike FinneganThis weekend CNN will air a documentary about the Pope’s involvement in clergy sexual abuse. What the Pope Knew debuts Saturday at 8 pm EST and runs again Saturday at 11 pm EST and Sunday at 8 pm and 11pm EST. Until now most of the coverage about the Pope and his role in clergy sexual abuse has focused on individual cases. CNN’s documentary takes a much broader look at the http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/popes-failings.html1noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-210472174160790900Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:55:00 +00002010-09-20T11:14:48.306-05:00By Patrick NoakerAn article in today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune about the case of Gregg Larsen and his exploitation of foster children in his care highlights how important our state and county agencies are to protecting our most vulnerable. Much has been written about ways to protect our kids from sexual exploitation (See http://childprotectionnews.com/http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-did-foster-care-system-fail.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-5785070628389488266Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +00002010-09-09T16:20:12.260-05:00By Patrick NoakerOne of the most effective tools in fighting child sexual abuse and protecting kids has been the internet. The internet has been a source of constant information about predators and those who protect predators. Tomorrow I will appear in court in St. Louis, Missouri to represent a website author who created a website to protect kids called http://http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/protecting-websites-who-publicly-post.html1noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-8149172967205208904Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:59:00 +00002010-09-03T09:15:29.880-05:00 1st Suit Accusing Ex-priest is Settled- The Indianapolis StarBy Patrick NoakerFive years ago, John Doe RG contacted our law firm seeking help. He had been sexually abused by Fr. Harry Monroe, at the time, an unknown Catholic priest/perpetrator in Indianapolis, Indiana. RG was the first to publicly expose Fr. Monroe’s abuse and the Archdiocese of Indianapolis’ concealment of that abuse. http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/from-victim-to-survivor.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6975265696372909238Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:11:00 +00002010-09-01T15:25:30.312-05:00By Andy KernsYou can’t knock progress… right? Well, the German Catholic Church has made some this week and I’ll let you be the judge. Yesterday, the Church adopted stricter guidelines for leaders to follow when reporting and handling cases of clergy sex abuse.Since 2002, church leaders in Germany have been required to report “established” cases of child sex abuse to law enforcement, unless the http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/german-catholic-churchs-sex-abuse.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2841368045831082294Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:52:00 +00002010-08-26T11:06:34.987-05:00By Patrick NoakerOn August 22, 2010, I wrote about misconceptions about child pornographers. Here, I write about misconceptions about victims of child pornography. Today our law firm filed another case involving child pornography against former special education teacher Gregg Larsen. The Plaintiffs are two kids who were ages 5 and 7 when they were exploited. Some might be surprised to hear http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/child-pornography-involves-younger-and.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2909027815272884507Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:22:00 +00002010-08-23T11:07:56.560-05:00By Patrick NoakerMany people (including me before I began handling child pornography cases) have an image of who consumes child pornography. They picture a forty something year-old man in his mother’s basement at midnight. There is no question that child pornography is growing at an incredible rate and that the problem is far worse than most thought. Estimates that were made even two or three http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-do-we-protect-our-children-from.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6306975080690770160Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:40:00 +00002010-08-19T10:55:24.860-05:00By Patrick Noaker Yesterday, in Indianapolis, Indiana, two men were convicted and sentenced for their roles in creating and maintaining the child pornography website called Cache. These arrests were a result of an international investigation that infiltrated this child pornography network . The Cache network had up to 1000 members http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/sophisticated-porn-ring-shut-down-what.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2603820394977295560Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:35:00 +00002010-08-19T10:56:37.670-05:00By Andy KernsIt’s working. This is exactly what needs to happen when survivors find the courage to come forward -- more must follow. This is the only path to achieving mass shifts in the way child sex abuse cases are handled and the way institutional corruption is punished. The emergence of seven new victims of serial rapist Father Stephen Kiesle is a tragic yet indicative example of how this http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/seven-victims-come-forward-after-news.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-5575426693472630743Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:43:00 +00002010-08-17T17:02:14.923-05:00By Patrick NoakerBishop Callahan speaking to the parish of Fr. Patrick Umberger after Umberger’s arrest for possessing child pornography, This is a particularly sad story. A little over a year ago, Fr. Patrick Umberger of the Diocese of LaCrosse was kicked out of Noah’s Ark Water Park in Lake Delton, Wisconsin for following young boys to the bathroom. When water park personnel observed Fr. http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/unrestricted-priest-webmaster-arrested.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6682488227773461379Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:08:00 +00002010-08-17T10:23:16.567-05:00By Andy KernsPope Benedict XVI has decided not to accept the resignations of auxiliary bishops Raymond Field and Eamonn Walsh of Dublin. Field and Walsh submitted letters of resignation last December in the wake of the Murphy Report , an investigative summary that revealed a culture of cover-up surrounding rampant clergy sex abuse in Ireland. Auxiliary bishops Field and Walsh resigned just 24 http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/concealment-of-clergy-sex-abuse-lands.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-8208949648327445378Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:38:00 +00002010-08-16T09:46:54.384-05:00By Patrick NoakerA recent case in Kansas City, Missouri exhibits just how important constant vigilance by everyone of the signs of child pornography is in combating this tragic problem. In the Kansas City case, two workers went to the house of Richard Volberding to fix his water heater. While in Volberding’s house, the workers noticed images of what appeared to be naked children on Volberding’shttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/detecting-child-pornography.html1noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6200386020160167608Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:08:00 +00002010-08-11T13:44:30.268-05:00The fact that attorney William McMurry decided to dismiss claims against the Vatican -- thereby abandoning the lawsuit he filed six years ago on behalf of plaintiffs in Kentucky – has no bearing on our Oregon case against the Vatican. Our courageous client is determined to move forward to expose the Vatican’s role in concealing child sex abuse and we have the resolve and the resources to support http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/dismissal-of-kentucky-case-has-no.html5noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6277750446386311294Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:38:00 +00002010-08-06T12:37:04.027-05:00By Sarah OdegaardToday we are filing a lawsuit against an internationally known religious leader, Gerald Derstine, for sexually abusing a girl when she was an 11 years old. Derstine is the founder and chairman of the board of Gospel Crusade, Inc. and Gospel Crusade Ministerial Fellowship based in Bradenton, Florida. The abuse happened at Gospel Crusade’s Strawberry Lake Retreat in Northern http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/child-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-against.html210noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)noAnderson Advocatestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2109851770320612674Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:11:00 +00002010-07-01T14:21:20.967-05:00For more on this story click herehttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/lawsuit-claims-church-protected-abusive.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)noAnderson Advocatestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2533536238987741562Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:49:00 +00002010-06-30T11:59:35.800-05:00By Patrick NoakerWe seem to hear “trust us” a lot from religious institutions when it comes to the handling of the sexual abuse crisis. The lawsuits filed today seem to add to the growing mountain of evidence casting doubt on the trustworthiness of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. For starters, it is difficult to trust any organization that intimidates children into not reporting http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/trust-us.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-2141063685712534859Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:13:00 +00002010-06-28T15:17:24.836-05:00Like it or not, the Holy See and Church leaders will now be forced to answer to the judicial branch of the United States Government. In an historic decision made public today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Vatican’s petition to hear the case of John V. Doe versus Holy See, and thereby ruled that the case proceed in federal district court. This is a major legal breakthrough for advocates http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/us-supreme-court-denies-vaticans.html0noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-1020688212273004739Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:00 +00002010-06-23T11:08:57.526-05:00By Jeff AndersonIn 1994 Pope John Paul II told the world that Marcial Maciel was an efficacious guide to youth. That means you can follow him, you can believe in him, you can trust him. Pope John Paul II, along with many Vatican officials, knew that was a lie.This is a tragedy beyond comprehension and it unfolds as we speak. Maciel was a bigamist, a pedophile, a pansexual addict, a dope fiend, http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/jeff-anderson-it-is-time-for.html1noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-1151713575750805945Wed, 26 May 2010 19:42:00 +00002010-05-27T10:45:01.569-05:00Just hours ago we launched a national child porn initiative sure to be marked with the same commitment and vigor demonstrated in our decades-long crusade against clergy sex abuse. No child protection effort is complete without a focus on child pornography (in the U.S. alone there are more than 1 million child victims), and we now have the legal and technological capabilities to pursue great http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/child-porn-initiative-launches-today.html3noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)noAnderson Advocatestag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6505293080491396109Wed, 26 May 2010 16:46:00 +00002010-05-26T11:49:51.678-05:00By Patrick NoakerJust how serious is the situation of Bro. Raimond Rose sexually molesting students? So far, 19 former students of Bro. Rose have reported that they have been sexually abused by Bro. Rose. These students go as far back as 1966 at DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis, continuing to Cretin High School in St. Paul, then to the Dunrovin Retreat Center, Pacelli High School in Stevenshttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/dark-path-of-bro-raimond-rose.html5noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6670641418552821573Wed, 19 May 2010 21:10:00 +00002010-05-19T16:14:29.420-05:00In 2002, an agreement was made. After years of disgraceful cover-ups, leaders of the Benedictine monks at St. John's acknowledged the abuse perpetrated by their clergymen, made financial amends with victims, and agreed to change. A precise plan was forged; one that demanded transparency and accountability. Specifically, it demanded that abusive monks were to live carefully restricted lives away http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/broken-agreement.html2noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-614513514783856620Thu, 13 May 2010 18:07:00 +00002010-05-13T13:29:46.988-05:00By Patrick NoakerThe article in the Indianapolis Star about my client who forced the Archdiocese of Indianapolis to settle his sexual abuse claims leads me to appreciate just how courageous this man is. This man was willing to file his claim against the Archdiocese when only one other lawsuit involving Fr. Monroe was known. This man was willing to file a lawsuit against an Archdiocese that had http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/courageous-client.html7noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4618232605249360919.post-6311481061556641035Wed, 12 May 2010 14:51:00 +00002010-05-12T10:11:21.787-05:00By Patrick NoakerSerial pedophiles are very dangerous monsters. We all do our best to protect ourselves and our children from these very dangerous men and women. We have a criminal justice system that prosecutes them and puts them in jail. When they get out of jail, they are forced to register as sex offenders so that they can be monitored and avoided. What really throws a wrench in the gearshttp://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/serial-pedophiles-are-more-dangerous.html3noreply@blogger.com (Anderson Advocates)