Catholic Church Child Sexual Abuse

Dallas Attorney for Catholic Child Sexual Abuse Victims

Most victims of Catholic child sexual abuse are boys. By its own audit, the Catholic Church has said that 95 percent of all victims of sexual abuse by priests are male. If you were a victim of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, we encourage you to come forward. You have options under both our criminal and civil law systems.

Since 1992, Dallas lawyer Tahira Khan Merritt has represented victims of Catholic child sexual abuse. Ms. Merritt assisted in the largest jury award in Texas history against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas in the Kos case. Recently, she obtained a multimillion-dollar award for multiple victims of child sexual abuse by priests of the Fort Worth Diocese.

One of the disturbing aspects about child sex abuse in the Catholic Church is its practice of transferring pedophile priests to different parishes, different states, different countries, and treatment centers. There is usually a paper trail of allegations that the church tries to keep secret. Attorney Tahira Khan Merritt and her legal team are relentless is pursing these cases, even when the abuse occurred years ago and the priest has been transferred to another parish or even another state.

Almost all cases of Catholic child sexual abuse would not exist without a church hierarchy that protects and harbors its pedophile priests. Some priests are active pedophiles who move from parish to parish, winning the trust of their new congregations while continuing to pursue and abuse their children. One example is that of Father Oliver O'Grady, subject of the documentary Deliver us From Evil, who was harbored by the church for more than 30 years while allowing him to abuse countless children.

This Web site includes the names of several Pedophile Clergy. If you were a victim of one of these priests or any other priest, Ms. Merritt encourages you to contact her law firm, even if the abuse occurred years ago.

Free attorney consultation: Contact Dallas lawyer Tahira Khan Merritt today for a free consultation about your Catholic sexual abuse case.

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