News and Updates
Legal Insights and Reporting
Latest From Dan Monahan
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...
Protect American workers and consumers, not corporations
August 2020: Corporations are demanding sweeping immunity when they expose their workers or customers to COVID-19—allowing them to evade responsibility when they fail to protect our health and safety. Corporations are grossly overstating their fears of liability—which...
Monahan Law insights on COVID-19 and beyond
Summer, 2020 NEWSLETTER: COVID-19 and Beyond. How we can help: You may have concerns or questions on a wide variety of issues affecting your family or business raised by new COVID 19 laws or circumstances. I am working with a team of lawyers outside my firm who may be...
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...
Justice Prevails. Ex-priest gets prison for sex assaults
July, 2020: Bucks County Judge Jeffrey Finley sentenced Trauger to 18-36 months in prison In 2012 a civil lawsuit was filed by Dan Monahan against Francis Trauger for abusing a young boy in Bucks County. Unfortunately, the lawsuit was eventually dismissed when the...
Deadline Set for Harrisburg Diocese Clergy Abuse Claims
May 19, 2020: Bankruptcy Judge Sets November 13, 2020 Deadline for Harrisburg Diocese Clergy Abuse Claims. In an order signed by Chief Bankruptcy Judge Henry Van Eck, survivors of sexual abuse by clergy in the Harrisburg Diocese have until November 13, 2020 to file a...
Harrisburg Diocese Files for Bankruptcy
February 19, 2020: The Diocese of Harrisburg filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the aftermath of its Reconciliation Program to voluntarily compensate sexual abuse survivors. The Diocese of Harrisburg is believed to be the 26th Catholic diocese or religious order to file...
PA Supreme Court Considers Statute of Limitations Reform
PA Supreme Court Tolling August 14, 2020: PA Supreme Court Considers New Argument that the Statute of Limitations for Child Sexual Abuse Cases is tolled by the Fraudulent Concealment of Predators’ Identity by the various Catholic Dioceses in Pennsylvania. In a novel...
$300,000 Verdict for Mild Brain Injury
Jury Awards Client $300,000 for Pain and Suffering Claim Only After a four day trial in Monroe County Pennsylvania, a jury of 12 found in favor of our client in the amount of $300,000 which was three times the highest offer by the defendants before the verdict. Our...
Boy Scouts File for Bankruptcy
February 18, 2020: Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy. What you should do if you are the survivor of predatory sexual abuse by a Boy Scout leader. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed bankruptcy as the number of sexual abuse claims against the organization...