On May 15, 2022, a report was released detailing rampant sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) along with widespread efforts to ignore victims and cover-up allegations.  The report included a list of hundreds of credibly accused offenders with abuses spanning decades.  If you or a loved one suffered sexual abuse at any...

The Houston Chronicle has published an article reporting that for over 20 years, leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention - including a former president now accused of sexual assault - routinely silenced and trivialized sexual abuse survivors, ignored pleas to enact systems to stop predators, and disregarded reforms that they privately acknowledged could protect children but, in...

If you have been a victim of sexual assault on Liberty University campus, you are not alone. Lawsuits are currently being filed against Liberty University for failing to investigate claims of rape and sexual assault. Liberty University has failed to take actions or protective measure to protect students of the university. A specific recent...

On April 5, 2022, InspirationChurch youth paster Conner “Jesse” Penny was arrested on allegations of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 17. After the arrest, Mesquite police received allegations from more survivors that spanned a time period from 2013 to 2021. The 32-year-old youth paster had previously worked for the Mesquite...

On March 25, former high school athletics coach Chad Wilhoff was found guilty of sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Wilhoff, who coached at two Ohio schools, was also a deacon at Landmark Church. Wilhoff has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and is currently facing allegations...

Was your child a victim of the former IMIN after-school program employee at James Madison High School in San Diego, CA, Stephen Tyler Wescott? We can help. On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, Stephen Tyler Wescott, a former IMIN after-school program employee at James Madison High School in the Clairemont neighborhood of San Diego, CA...

Was your child a victim of Biology Teacher at Making Waves Academy Charter School in Richmond, CA  Anessa Paige Gower? We can help. On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, Anessa Paige Gower, a former biology teacher at Making Waves Academy Charter School in Richmond, CA, was arrested and charged with 29 counts of lewd acts with...

North Carolina gymnastics coach Stephen Maness is facing three charges of assault on a child under 12 and three charges of assault on a female.  Mannes previously owned Bull City Gymnastics on Neal Road in Durham, N.C. and ran Chapel Hill Gymnastics in Chapel Hill. If your child was a victim of Stephen Maness...

If you or someone you love has been sexually abused or assaulted by Anthony Philip Bruccoliere or another music teacher, you may have legal options.  The attorneys at Estey & Bomberger, LLP can help. Our attorneys understand how difficult it is to come forward about sexual abuse, and we want you to know you...

Summer camps: Not always fun and games for the kids “Sexual abuse of campers is a nationwide epidemic” – attorney Steve Estey Whether it’s sailing or swimming, or figuring out how to make green slime, summer camps give kids a chance to learn, develop skills and have just plain fun. At least that’s what’s...