A package of four bills aimed at strengthening protections for students and preventing and combating sexual assault on college campuses has been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature, state Senator Carolyn Comitta said. Comitta, a member of the Pennsylvania...
Recent Supreme Court Decision
Pennsylvania's high court dealt a blow to victims of child sexual abuse, throwing out a lawsuit by a woman whose lower court legal victory had given hope to others with similarly outdated claims who'd sued in the wake of a landmark report that documented decades of...
Pennsylvania Yo-Yo Legislation on Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations Reform
In early February 2021 the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed for the second time a constitutional amendment to allow the issue of statute of limitations reform to appear on the ballot in May 2021. The measure was expected to pass the Senate next. No sooner...
Bradford County DA, Chad Salsman faces sexual assault charges
Bradford County DA, Chad Salsman faces sexual assault charges after numerous women testified before an investigative Grand Jury alleging that when in private practice, he would sexually assault them and preyed on their vulnerabilities. These brave women are to be...
The Philadelphia Inquirer featuresDan Monahan in its August 2020 Investigative Report on Devereux Foundation
August 2020: The Philadelphia Inquirer features Dan Monahan in its Investigative Report on Devereux Foundation At the conclusion of a months long investigation of the numerous incidents of sexual assault of residents of Devereux by staff members across the country and...
Mediation Results in $325,000 Award to Sexual Assault Victim
Mediation Results in $325,000 Award to Sexual Assault Victim After a Mediation before a Judge Pro Tem for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Dan Monahan obtained $325,000 for a mentally challenged woman who was sexually assaulted by a resident when visiting the...
Monahan Law Practice Supports the Catholic Worker
November, 2020: Monahan Law Practice Supports the Catholic Worker The Catholic Worker movement was started by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in New York in the 1930’s. For over fifty years beginning in the late 1940’s when my mother and her twin sister volunteered for...
Pa. Supreme Court Hears Arguments about Filing Clergy Sex Abuse Cases
October, 2020: Pa. Supreme Court Hears Arguments about Period of Time' for Filing Clergy Sex Abuse Cases The case, captioned Rice v. Diocese of Altoona, could be a bellwether for numerous additional lawsuits that have been filed in Pennsylvania in the wake of two...
MAIN LINE TODAY features Dan’s fight for victims of clergy abuse
August, 2020 MAIN LINE TODAY, Frontline Issues by J.F. Pirro: Keeping the Faith. With little fanfare, Exton’s Dan Monahan has found a measure of closure for victims of clergy abuse. He’s 67 now, but Dan Monahan was once an alter boy serving Roman Catholic masses in...
Monahan Law files child sexual abuse complaints against the Diocese of Scranton
July, 2020: Monahan Law filed two child sexual abuse complaints against the Diocese of Scranton. The cases identify two child abusers formerly employed by the diocese. “These brave survivors are pulling back the curtain to expose a real, immediate threat to children...
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