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BishopAccountability.org is a very good resource for information and documentation about the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis.  You can find national statistics and data about the sex abuse crisis, lists of settlements that result from the hard work of sex abuse lawyers, and a comprehensive list of accused, removed, and convicted priests.  BishopAccountability.org holds the Catholic Church accountable for the abuse caused by pedophile priests.

We support everything that BishopAccountability.org does.  There are many links on the website that mention Anthony DeMarco because he has successfully exposed a lot of the documents and confidential Church records that can be found in the databases.

Below is a list of links and descriptions about Anthony DeMarco’s extensive work as a sex abuse lawyer representing survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

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Newsprint Articles

about Anthony DeMarco’s work as a sexual abuse lawyer

Denver Post | Denver, CO

September 13, 2005 | Priest Named in Calif. Lawsuit; The Late Rev. Leonard A. Abercrombie, Who Three Colorado Men Say Molested Them before He Moved to the West Coast, Was Working at a Veterans Hospital | by Eric Gorski http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2005_07_12/2005_09_13_Gorski_PriestNamed.htm

Desert Sun | Palm Springs, CA

October 27, 2010 | Documents Detail Abuse Probes of Area Priests | by Nicole C. Brambila
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2010/09_10/2010_10_27_Brambila_DocumentsDetail.htm

Fresno Bee | Fresno, CA

April 3, 2009 | Fresno Diocese Cleared in Molest; Church Not Liable for Priest’s Actions Because Officials Didn’t Know at the Time, Jury Finds | by Pablo Lopez
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/03_04/2009_04_03_Lopez_FresnoDiocese.htm

The Guardian | New York, NY

April 1, 2010 | Vatican Was Told 50 Years Ago to Act against Paedophile Priests | by Owen Bowcott
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2010/03_04/2010_04_01_Bowcott_VaticanWas.htm

L.A. Daily News | Los Angeles, CA

February 24, 2013 | Cardinal Roger Mahony Gives Deposition in Lawsuit of Priest Who Allegedly Molested 26 Children | by Mariecar Mendoza
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_02_24_Mendoza_CardinalRoger.htm

Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles, CA

September 5, 2008 | Retired Judge’s Recusal Will Delay Release of L.A. Clergy Sex-abuse Files | by Duke Helfand and Victoria Kim
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2008/09_10/2008_09_05_Kim_RetiredJudges.htm

October 25, 2010 | San Diego Diocese Releases Priests’ Records in Sex Abuse Cases | by Tony Perry and Paloma Esquivel
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2010/09_10/2010_10_25_Perry_SanDiego.htm

January 22, 2013 | Priestly Sexual Abuse, Churchly Cover-ups | by Patt Morrison
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_01_22_Morrison_PriestlySexual.htm

February 13, 2013 | L.A. Archdiocese adds priests’ names to abuse list; The archdiocese declines to release information about the complaints, including the number of accusers and the parishes where the men worked | by Harriet Ryan
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news5/2013_02_14_Ryan_LA_Archdiocese.htm

Modesto Bee | Modesto, CA

December 15, 2010 | Stockton Diocese Pays Pair $2m | by Kevin Valine
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2010/11_12/2010_12_15_Valine_StocktonDiocese.htm

National Catholic Reporter | Kansas City, MO

March 30, 2009 | Bishops Were Warned of Abusive Priests | by Tom Roberts
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/03_04/2009_03_30_Roberts_BishopsWere.htm

Orange County Register | Santa Ana, CA

February 17, 2017 | Lawsuit Alleges That Diocese of Orange Leaders Ignored Child Sex Abuse Complaints Tied to Priest Who LED Boys Choir | by Sean Emery
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2017/01_02/2017_02_17_OrangeCountyRegister_LawsuitAlleges.htm

Press Enterprise | Riverside, CA

December 13, 2003 | Suit Targets Inland Priest; Church: Two Men Accuse Monsignor Peter Luque of Molesting Them More Than 40 Years Ago | by Michael Fisher http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/2003_12_13_Fisher_SuitTargets_Peter_Luque_9.htm

April 21, 2004 | Diocese Restores Retired Priest; Church: The Rev. Covas Had Been Removed Two Years Ago after Sex Abuse Allegations Surfaced | by Michael Fisher
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/2004_04_21_Fisher_DioceseRestores_Peter_Covas_3.htm

San Gabriel Valley Tribune | Monrovia, CA

February 1, 2013 | At North Hollywood Parish That Cardinal Roger Mahony Calls Home, Catholics React to His Rebuke over Sex Abuse Scandal | by Dana Bartholomew and Barbara Jones
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_02_01_Jones_AtNorth.htm

San Bernardino Sun | San Bernardino, CA

February 11, 2003 | Woman Says in Sb Lawsuit Local Priest Molested Her | by Felisa Cardona
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/2003_02_11_Cardona_WomanSays_Robier_AND_Kareta.htm

The Times | England, UK

April 1, 2010 | Vatican Tries to Block Attempt to Make Pope Face US Court over Abuse | by Richard Owen
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2010/03_04/2010_04_01_Owen_VaticanTries.htm

Ventura County Star | Ventura, CA

January 5, 2013 | Oxnard Man Worries Clergy Scandal Will Fade from Public Memory | by Tom Kisken
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_01_05_Kisken_OxnardMan.htm

January 23, 2013 | Area Bishop Apologizes for Role in Dealing with Priests Accused of Molesting | by Tom Kisken
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_01_23_Kisken_AreaBishop.htm

March 23, 2015 | Sex-abuse Suit Filed against Former Santa Paula Priest | by Marjorie Hernandez
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2015/03_04/2015_03_23_Hernandez_SexabuseSuit.htm

Union-Tribune | San Diego, CA

January 24, 2007 | Judge Dismisses Abuse Case against Diocese of San Diego | by Mark Sauer
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/01_02/2007_01_24_Sauer_JudgeDismisses.htm

News Television

reports that feature Anthony DeMarco’s investigations into Catholic priest abuse

KABC | Los Angeles, CA

February 1, 2013 | Cardinal Roger Mahony, Victims Speak out on Clergy Abuse | by Carlos Granda
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_02_01_Granda_CardinalRoger.htm

KVEW | Yakima, WA

September 4, 2014 | Baker Diocese Named in New Sex Abuse Lawsuit | by Dan Thesman
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2014/09_10/2014_09_04_Thesman_BakerDiocese.htm

International Blogs

that mention Anthony DeMarco as a clergy abuse attorney

City of Angels Blog | Kay Ebeling

May 17, 2007 | Would a Priest or Bishop Lie under Oath? Mental Reservation Debated in Court Wednesday Re Church Witnesses Refusing to Answer in Depositions | by Kay Ebeling
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/05_06/2007_05_17_CityOfAngels_.htm

June 20, 2008 | LA Proof: Ties between St. John Seminary, LA Archbishop, & Paracletes Rehab Center for Pedophile Priests Shown in Deposition Testimony & Letters | by Kay Ebeling
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2008/05_06/2008_06_20_Ebeling_LAProof.htm

June 8, 2009 | Fresno Judge to Rule Within Week on Motion for New Trial by Plaintiffs, in Pedophile Priest Case Tried March 2009 | by Kay Ebeling
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/05_06/2009_06_08_Ebeling_FresnoJudge.htm

June 24, 2009 | The Diocese, the Bishop, and the School Are Separate Entities and Other Fiction by Church Attorneys in Santillan Vs. Bishop of Fresno | by Kay Ebeling
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/05_06/2009_06_24_Ebeling_TheDiocese.htm

September 1, 2009 | Father Rucker, What Are You Hiding by Invoking the Fifth Amendment over and over Again? | by Kay Ebeling
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/09_10/2009_09_01_CityofAngels_FatherRucker.htm

MyNewsLA.com | CalNews, Inc.

November 1, 2016 | Ex-priest Convicted of Molesting Boys Resurfaces at S. LA Church | by Debbie L. Sklar
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2016/11_12/2016_11_01_Sklar_ExpriestConvicted.htm

Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests | SNAP

June 23, 2010 | New Legal Approach for Child Sex Abuse in Ca; SNAP Responds | SNAP
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2010/05_06/2010_06_23_SNAP_NewLegal.htm

February 24, 2011 | New Clergy Sex Abuse & Cover up Lawsuit Is Filed | SNAP
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2011/01_02/2011_02_24_SNAP_NewClergy.htm

September 10, 2014 | San Francisco Catholic church group is sued for cover up | by Tim Lennon
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2014/09_10/2014_09_10_Tim_Priests_SF_Catholic.htm

March 23, 2015 | CA–Two new predator priest lawsuits filed | by Joelle Casteix
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2015/03_04/2015_03_23_Joelle_Priests_CA–Two_priest.htm

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