Sexual Abuse / Sexual Assault Attorney in Houston, Texas
What is your approach to handling clergy abuse cases?
What is your approach to handling clergy abuse cases?
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so we have filed
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cases um across the country
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we are filing in the northern district
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of california southern district of
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california
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we’re filing in new york in several
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different dioceses
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we’re filing in new jersey pennsylvania
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in several different dioceses
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our approach is to sue not just the
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priest
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or the perpetrator of the crime
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but also the diocese and also the
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archdiocese
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and also the vatican we have filed suit
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in several federal courts because that’s
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where we need to sue
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the vatican as it’s a sovereign state so
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we are going
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to the top of the what we believe
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to be the problem and that is the
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vatican for many many years
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have moved priests around uh have
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not protected the most innocent of
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victims
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and it starts at the top so our approach
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is not just to sue the perpetrator of
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the crime
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but also the line of communication or
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lack of communication
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or what we think to be the complicit
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nature of the catholic church
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for many many years and some things have
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to change
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and in order to do that we are bringing
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suit
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against all entities involved in this
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crime
Houston, TX litigation attorney David P. Matthews talks about his approach to handling clergy abuse cases.
