null / ShutterstockBoston, Mass., Dec 2, 2022 / 17:15 pm (CNA).As California s three-year window to file child sex abuse lawsuits past the statute of limitations nears its conclusion, 66 Catholic clergy and religious have been named in 116 lawsuits in Alameda County, which covers the area between San Francisco and San Jose.Additionally, 14 of the clergy members and religious identified in the lawsuits are named for the first time, the law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates announced Nov. 28. The law firm said that the 116 lawsuits may be a small percentage of the total number of suits filed under the California Child Victims Act, which was passed in 2019.The legislation allowed a three-year period in which victims of child sex abuse could come forward with claims that would have expired under the previous statute of limitations. The window began Jan. 1, 2020, and will expire in less than a month. The bill was signed by Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom.The legislati.
More than a dozen California clergy members are being linked to the Catholic church sex abuse scandal for the first time. An additional 14 clergy members have
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Bishop Joseph Brennan of Fresno speaks at a rally of the UFW march for a labor union voting rights bill in Calwa, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022. / Diocese of FresnoDenver Newsroom, Aug 18, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).Bishop Joseph Brennan of Fresno joined the United Farm Workers last week for a portion of the union s march through California s Central Valley to support a union voting rights bill.The more than 300-mile march from Delano to Sacramento is in support of Assembly Bill 2183, the Agricultural Labor Relations Voting Choice Act. The bill would allow farmworkers to use mail-in ballots for union elections.The march passed through Fresno Aug. 11. Bishop Brennan, along with his predecessor, Bishop Armando Ochoa, joined the march at St. Anthony Mary Claret Church, and then spoke at a rally at Calwa Recreation & Park District, where Bishop Brennan also gave a blessing to the marchers.Yesterday, Bishop Brennan along with Bishop Emeritus Ochoa joined the UFW s March to raise awareness ar.
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