Posts Categorized In: Child Sex Abuse

The Lamothe Law Firm negotiated a substantial settlement on behalf of our client and his family against the Diocese of Lafayette and ex-priest Michael Guidry. The lawsuit related to abuse during an incident in April of 2015 when our client, who was 16 years old at the time, was molested by Father Michael Guidry, a… Read More

Christianity Today recently published this article, Kanakuk Kamps Abuse Reexamined In New Report, about a former Kanakuk director’s sexual abuse of children. Pete Newman worked for 15 years at the Christian camp in Missouri and as many as 57 victims have come forward. There could be hundreds of sexual abuse victims of Newman but because… Read More

Since the month of April has been designated National Child Abuse Prevention Month by the Department of Health and Human Services, we would like to spotlight two popular Lamothe Law Firm blogs. From September 2018, here is our blog “How to Spot Red Flag Sexual Predator Behavior in the Early Stages”. This article was written… Read More

April has been designated National Child Abuse Prevention Month by the Department of Health and Human Services. According to DHHS, the national number of children who received a child protective services investigation response numbered 3,476,000 for 2019. There are many types of child abuse including neglect, emotional and physical abuse, and sexual abuse. Our lawyers… Read More

The deadline for past claims against the Archdiocese of New Orleans has passed: The last day to file claims was March 1, 2021. In this Advocate New Orleans article by Ramon Antonio Vargas, “New Clergy Sex Abuse Claims Pour In”, Lamothe Law Firm attorney Kristi Schubert talks about what an “emotionally grueling” process it is… Read More

One of the leading family justice centers in the U.S. is in New Orleans. The New Orleans Family Justice Center provides comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, trafficking and child abuse. The NOFJC brings together community-based assault and abuse providers as well as medical, criminal justice and law enforcement professionals to… Read More

As part of a three part series, the Times-Picayune staff writes about clergyman George Brignac’s continued career in New Orleans with the Catholic Church despite being repeatedly caught for child molestation – Monster in Our Midst: How Pedophile New Orleans Clergyman Stayed Near Prey. Brignac began his career with Christian Brothers in 1953 but was… Read More

2 Accused Predator Priests May Be Deposed Despite New Orleans Church’s Bankruptcy Case, article by David Hammer and Ramon Antonio Vargas, nola.com. The federal bankruptcy judge in the Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy case has ruled that two priests accused of molesting minors decades ago, Paul Calamari and Lawrence Hecker, can be deposed regarding that… Read More

Archdiocese of New Orleans prepares to add 7 Franciscan priests to their clergy abuse list, article by Ramon Antonio Vargas, Times-Picayune. Members of the Franciscan Friars chapter recently released a roster of 24 priests and seven religious brothers with “substantiated child sex abuse allegations against them.” Franciscan members were added to the list “if they… Read More