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Justice & Public Safety

Judge rejects diocese’s bid to reinstate freeze on cases

By WILL ASTOR | May 24, 2022

Bankruptcy Court Judge Paul Warren rejected the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester move to block the reactivation of state court sexual-abuse claims against parishes.

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Finding ways to solve Rochester’s homicide crisis

By JACOB SCHERMERHORN | May 11, 2022

The Rochester Beacon’s latest online event focused on what’s causing the city’s rising homicide rate and possible solutions.

Justice & Public Safety

Draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion triggers shock, resolve

By JUSTIN O’CONNOR | May 10, 2022

A rally at Parcel 5 over the weekend drew hundreds protesting the court’s apparent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Justice & Public Safety

Initiative focuses on trauma of gun violence

By SMRITI JACOB | May 9, 2022

RIT’s Center for Public Safety Initiatives hopes to develop a national model for helping victims deal with the trauma after they get medical care.

Justice & Public Safety

Judge gives Catholic diocese a temporary reprieve

By WILL ASTOR | May 3, 2022

A freeze on state court sexual-abuse cases targeting dozens of the diocese’s parishes will remain in place for now, but they could be revived in roughly two months.

Justice & Public Safety

Abuse survivors fire back at Rochester diocese

By WILL ASTOR | April 26, 2022

In opposing a bid to reinstate a freeze on state court cases, the survivors’ attorney accuses the diocese of trying to “wear down survivors in an effort to get them to accept an unreasonable settlement.”

Justice & Public Safety

Diocese moves to reinstate freeze on cases 

By WILL ASTOR | April 18, 2022

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester seeks a Bankruptcy Court trial, in a move to counter the reactivation of state court sexual-abuse claims against parishes.

Justice & Public Safety

Morgan pleads guilty to single felony count

By WILL ASTOR | April 12, 2022

Under a plea agreement to end his multiyear criminal case, real estate developer Robert Morgan would face no prison time but could be fined up to $250,000.

Justice & Public Safety

Pink slips sent to unvaccinated court employees

By WILL ASTOR | April 6, 2022

The state court employees were repeatedly warned over the past six months that failure to comply with the court system’s July 2021 vaccine mandate could result in their termination.

Justice & Public Safety

New analysis finds eviction filings, crime rates are correlated

By JUSTIN O'CONNOR | April 5, 2022

A new Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab data portal says “eviction filings and crime are related in ways that cannot be explained by chance alone.”

Justice & Public Safety

Sexual-abuse claims against parishes revived

By WILL ASTOR | March 31, 2022

Cases filed in state court against individual churches and other organizations affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester were put on hold early in the diocese’s bankruptcy. Last week, that agreement lapsed.

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