
Sex Abuse Updates

Butler County Youth Pastor
A Butler County youth pastor is under police investigation after accusations surfaced of multiple sex crimes involving minors. Jario Isidro Thomas Sanchez was a pastor at many southwest Ohio churches, and he currently faces 14 criminal charges “including gross sexual imposition, abduction, sexual imposition and unlawful restraint.”

FLDS Church Leader Warren Jeffs Owes $152 Million to Sex Abuse Survivors
Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, owes $152 million to 15 victims as a result of a recent Utah federal ruling. Jeffs appeared on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List in 2006 after evading charges of arranging illegal marriages between adult male FLDS followers and underage girls.

Principal of Kensington Intermediate School Under Investigation
The principal of Kensington Intermediate School in Rocky River has been placed on immediate leave following an investigation involving a former high school student. Kensington is a public intermediate school for grades three through five, with over 600 students.

New York CVA Grants Survivor of Childhood Sexual Assault Opportunity to Receive $95 Million
The New York Child Victims Act has granted a survivor of childhood sexual assault the opportunity to receive $95 million. The unnamed Rochester man was assaulted by Reverend Foster P. Rogers in 1979.

Rio Arriba County Jury Awards $485 Million to Eight Year Old Survivor
The foster care system has failed an eight-year-old New Mexico girl, and will finally pay the price. $485 million in damages has been awarded by a Rio Arriba County jury in the civil case against Clarence Garcia, the 66-year-old foster parent assigned to the young girl.

Cleveland Dance Instructor Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Former Students
A Cleveland dance instructor found guilty of sexually assaulting his former students was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Kevin Kelley to life in prison on June 8th, 2023.

Cummings and Goings: How the Supreme Court Said Goodbye to Emotional Distress Damages in Title IX Cases in a Disability Discrimination Case
Bad facts often make bad law. In the matter of Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C, 142 S.Ct. 1562 (2022), the bad law has even broader implications.

Supreme Court Allows Ohio State University Sex Abuse Lawsuits to Move Forward
Over 100 men abused by Ohio State University medical doctor Richard Strauss in the late 1970s finally have an opportunity for justice. The Supreme Court has allowed lawsuits against Strauss to move forward, rejecting an appeal made by the university.

N.Y. Appellate Court Upholds Constitutionality of the Child Victims Act
New York State’s Child Victims Act was ruled constitutional earlier this month after a taxing Supreme Court battle. This recent development has the potential to alter the course of many survivors’ lives for the better.

The Trumbull County Court Determines That a Child Sex Abuse Victim Has a Right to His Day in Court
In the case of Fonderlin v. Trumbull Family Fitness, 2023 WL 2472994 (Eleventh District 2023), the Trumbull County Court of Appeals in Ohio concluded that genuine issues of material fact existed …