Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/category/justice-safety/page/2/)
A Missouri photographer is seeking more than $30 million in damages, claiming that Gannett news outlets including the Democrat and Chronicle and Daily Messenger used a photo she took without permission.
Anti-gun violence organization Brady is partnering with the city and RPD to create a comprehensive report, which is likely to be out in early 2023.
Lawyers for a former paperboy who alleges sexual abuse by a D&C route manager say there’s no merit to the company’s argument that the case should be moved to the workers’ comp system.
Through panel discussions, the RPD seeks to build understanding of cultural context and create trust in the New American community.
The agreement calls for the diocese and its parishes to jointly contribute $55 million to a fund to compensate survivors.
A new lawsuit aims to prevent the city of Rochester from clearing a homeless encampment on Loomis Street. City officials say, however, that they are engaged in an outreach effort to help those who lack housing.
Its appeal brief argues that Bankruptcy Judge Paul Warren should not have lifted a stay on abuse survivors’ individually filed claims against the Rochester diocese’s parishes.
City of Rochester official Anthony Hall has filed a court complaint alleging that he was wrongly arrested and harassed by an RPD officer in June.
The request asks the bankruptcy court to allow the option for parishes to contribute to a fund to settle claims of alleged sex abuse suffered in Boy Scout troops sponsored by Rochester diocese churches.
The media company is pursuing an aggressive strategy to parry litigation filed by former Democrat and Chronicle newspaper carriers who claimed they were molested decades ago by a D&C route supervisor.