SF News Oakland Catholic Diocese Accused of Hiding $106 Million in Assets So They Wouldn't Have to Pay Sex Abuse Victims The Oakland Diocese declared bankruptcy in 2023 when forced to pay settlements to 330 victims of sex abuse at the hands of priests. Now victims’ attorneys say the church transferred more than $100 million into an inactive nonprofit to hide their assets.
SF News Scandal-Plagued FCI Dublin Women’s Prison Is Abruptly Closing After Torrent of Sex Abuse Claims In a sudden and surprising Monday morning announcement, the federal Bureau of Prisons announced they’re immediately closing the FCI Dublin women’s prison, and they’re already transferring the inmates out.
SF News San Jose Sharks Face New Lawsuit Over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Youth Hockey Coach A new lawsuit alleges that a 12-year-old was sexually abused by a former youth hockey coach connected to the San Jose Sharks, and accuses the owner of negligence.
SF News Richmond Pastor Arrested on Charges of Sex Crimes Allegedly Against Underage Church Members Victor Hernandez Pineda, a Pentecostal pastor in the East Bay, is accused of sexual assault of multiple children.
SF News In the Wake of Hundreds of Child Sex Abuse Cases, the Archdiocese of San Francisco Is Set to File For Bankruptcy The San Francisco Archbishop said in an open letter Friday that the diocese's bankruptcy was "very likely," as it would allow for a reorganization of finances and a collective settlement for survivors of priests' abuse.
SF News SF-Founded Sex Cult-y Group OneTaste Has Founder, Top Executive Indicted For Forced Labor, Sex Traffic The once-popular, pricey “orgasm workshop” OneTaste is now defunct, but its founder and a top executive were indicted Tuesday for forced labor conspiracy and forcing people to perform non-consensual sex acts.
SF News Oakland Catholic Diocese May File For Bankruptcy Over 330 Sex Abuse Lawsuits The Diocese of Oakland is trying to get ahead of what appears to be around 330 looming clergy sexual abuse lawsuits, announcing they may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which critics say is just a tactic to avoid testifying and paying damages.
SF News Guess Who’s California’s Only Archbishop Who Won’t Name the Priests Accused of Sexually Abusing Children? San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone refuses to name the 312 men currently or formerly employed by the SF Archdiocese accused of abusing children. Sorry Padre, but on Thursday, the victims are going to release the names anyway.
SF News Another Sex Abuse Lawsuit Hits Oakland Diocese In addition to "at least five other lawsuits stemming from allegations of abuse," the Oakland Diocese faces yet another lawsuit for sex abuse. A woman claims that she was abused by a monsignor
SF News Ban Social Networking for Sex Offenders, Says Kamala Harris "The carrot is don't get on these sites, and the stick is we will prosecute you," says San Francisco DA Kamala Harris -- who is also running for state attorney general -- who
SF News Ex-Teacher Accused of Having Steamy, Sapphic Affair with Student Dipping her toes into the pool of barely-legal love that dare not speak its name, an ex-teacher at a Christian prep school in Sunnyvale was arrested on statutory rape charges. Word has it
