On Monday and Tuesday, May 5-6th, the Vatican will be questioned by the United Nations Committee Against Torture about its record on child sexual violence. This is the second time this year the...
Updated: May 5, 2014
On Friday, June 27, 2014, TGNC (Trans and Gender Non-Conforming) People of Color (POC) and allies will take the streets of New York City once again to demand justice and let the world know that the...
Updated: June 12, 2014
On September 13, 2011, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), on behalf of the Survivor’s Network for those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and five individual complainants, submitted a detailed...
Updated: October 18, 2018
Updated: June 14, 2012
Download the Crime Against Nature Factsheet Louisiana’s Crime Against Nature statute, which dates back to the 19th century, is an archaic law founded on moral disapproval of what kinds of sex acts...
Updated: April 14, 2022
Sexual violence by priests and other church officials has severely impacted the lives and violated the rights of hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children. Unfortunately, this is not a “...
Updated: May 27, 2014
By Pam Spees, Senior Staff Attorney Updated September 27, 2011 Last week, lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP...
Updated: November 13, 2013
New Maciel Revelations on the H eels of Papal Visit to Mexico Underscore Need for Accountability at the Very Top of the Roman Catholic Church Recent Report Shows Mexico a Destination for Priests...
Updated: November 13, 2013
March 2012A Louisiana law violates the constitutional rights of people who were required to register as sex offenders after they were convicted of soliciting oral or anal sex for money, a federal judge ruled...
June 2012A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday in New Orleans seeks to have nearly 500 people who were convicted of soliciting oral or anal sex for money under Louisiana's "crime against nature by...
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