A youth pastor groomed my client from age 16, establishing complete influence and control over her. Within days of her 18th birthday, he initiated sexual contact that continued for months. Tragically, in most states, this predatory abuse is completely lawful.
14.10.2025 15:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If a pastor or spiritual leader is sexting with you or has pressured you to send intimate photos, you are being victimized.
Contact us to discuss your legal options and do not delete anything.
06.10.2025 23:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Our client was groomed and abused by her priest. When church leaders found out, she received hate mail from congregants and was banned from serving in the church. The predator priest? Simply moved to another parish.
25.09.2025 13:09 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
For adults sexually victimized by clergy, the abuse is often hidden behind titles like โpastorโ or โmentor.โ Power disguises exploitation, leaving survivors questioning their own experiences. At BozLaw, we can help bring clarity, accountability, and a path toward healing.
05.09.2025 13:11 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We often stay silent about suspected abuse out of fearโof being wrong, losing friends, or standing alone. But silence is what allows abuse to thrive. Speaking up can expose offenders and protect lives.
02.09.2025 14:51 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Clergy abuse perpetrated against adults is often hidden under the guise of โconsent,โ but genuine consent canโt exist when spiritual authority is exploited over the victim.
27.08.2025 18:13 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
When a pastor or priest exploits spiritual authority, it isnโt careโitโs abuse. Adults whoโve endured this betrayal often feel isolated, but youโre not alone. Your voice matters, and seeking justice is possible.
25.08.2025 18:51 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Silence about suspected abuse may feel easier in the moment, but it shields offenders and leaves victims vulnerable. Speaking up is difficultโbut itโs the only way to expose perpetrators and protect those at risk.
22.08.2025 13:00 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Adult clergy abuse often hides behind spiritual language and โcare.โ Consent cannot exist where power and dependency are exploited. If youโre sorting through what happened, youโre not aloneโand informed legal guidance can help.
18.08.2025 13:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A congregant is groomed and abused by her pastor. When exposed, he quietly resigns, she is blamed and the congregation is told to โfocus on the futureโ and โtrustโ leadership with the past. Donโt be fooledโthis is not healing, itโs ongoing abuse and a cover-up.
16.08.2025 14:20 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Adult survivors of clergy sexual abuse often struggle in silence, unsure if what happened to them โcounts.โ It does. Abuse of power, trust, and spiritual authority is realโand BozLaw is here to help you confront it with clarity and support.
15.08.2025 13:23 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Walking through an airport, I meet the eyes of countless strangers and wonder how many are silently carrying the wounds of sexual abuse. Letโs build a world where survivors can step forward without fearโa world that embraces, encourages, and affirms them.
14.08.2025 17:35 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Itโs not an affair. Itโs an abuse of power.
If your pastor, priest, or rabbi is having sexual contact with you, please contact BozLaw. You need to know your options.
14.08.2025 12:26 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Survivors of sexual abuse within faith communities deserve both compassion and justice. At BozLaw, we focus solely on representing abuse survivors seeking accountability and healing. Weโre here to help you find your path forward.
12.08.2025 12:22 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Donald Trumpโs vile name-calling and attacks on those seeking truth about Epsteinโs crimes are no surprise to abuse survivors. Many have endured the same deflection and villainizing from faith leaders. Shouldnโt the Church be different?
17.07.2025 17:09 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Our minor client was assaulted by her churchโs pastor/founder. When she bravely told his family, they replied: โIโm sorry this happened to youโheโs just old.โ That excuse minimizes trauma and protects predators.
This is why we sue churches.
12.07.2025 21:00 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
โCorruption is not an act but a condition, a personal and social state in which we become accustomed to living. The corrupt man is so closed off and contented in the complacency of his self-sufficiency that he does not allow himself to be called into question by anything or anyone.โ [Pope Francis]
30.06.2025 11:47 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A pastor sexually assaults a congregant โ a single mother and undocumented immigrant โ then threatens to report her to ICE if she speaks out. She lives in painful silence for over four years.
This is abuse of power at its most vile.
10.06.2025 18:38 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
https://web.archive.org/web/20250530134222/https://eu.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2025/05/29/elca-pastor-in-wisconsin-kept-ministering-after-abuse-women-claim/83495720007/
"Abusive pastors often use counseling as a way in with the women they target...Adult abuse is easier for perpetrators to pass off as an affair, and there can be a tendency for churches not to take claims as seriously as they should." [David Pooler] t.co/m6tr0X9SEY
05.06.2025 16:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
She says the Lutheran Church knew her husband was abusive. He kept ministering for 24 years.
Five women who claim to be victims of former ELCA pastor Alan Buresh in Minnesota and Wisconsin say the church did not do enough to investigate him.
Adult clergy sexual abuse is an epidemic, and churches that fail to address these crimes only empower perpetrators. This article documents decades of abuse by a Lutheran pastor and the denomination's failure to stop him.
So proud of our client for stepping forward! www.jsonline.com/story/news/i...
04.06.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
โWhen the New Testament says that Jesus is the image of the invisible God, it means to say that Jesus is Godโs very style. Jesus is how God does what God does. Itโs as if someone asked God, โWhat are you like?โ And God responded, โThere once was a man from Galileeโฆโโ [B. Ambrosino]
03.06.2025 11:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โWhere we go to church, or whether we go, isnโt the point. The point is who are we becoming? Does church help you to become the sort of person youโd pick to be stuck on a desert island with? Good! Go! Does it hurt your chances of becoming that person? Run!โ [F. Schaeffer]
15.05.2025 12:19 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A preacherโs dark secret: Sleepovers, porn and sex abuse allegations dating back decades
Joe Campbell says his calling is to share Godโs love, but a group of women say he sexually abused them as girls. An NBC News investigation uncovered decades of missed warnings and failures to act.
โCongregants reported sexual misconduct as early as 1983, when Campbell was a young preacher rising in the Assemblies of Godโฆโ
The Assemblies of God must answer for these horrors with actual proof that he was reported to the authorities.
13.05.2025 20:39 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tragically, the line between todayโs Church and the kingdoms of this world is often indistinguishable. 2/2
01.05.2025 11:53 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โThe kingdoms of the world, derive their being from our fear of, and our power over, one another; the reign of God means that a community can exist where trust rules, trust made possible by the knowledge that our existence is bounded by the truth.โ 1/2
01.05.2025 11:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Christian organization plagued by allegations of child sex abuse faces another lawsuit
A missionary is accused of abusing a girl for years while serving in Indonesia for Ethnos360, a religious nonprofit group.
We just filed another lawsuit against Ethnos360 for failing to protect our client from sexual abuseโand for their deeply inadequate response when she came forward. Survivors deserve safety, accountability, and justice.
01.05.2025 01:22 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
A sobering truth on display at The New England Holocaust Memorial. A message that is still true today.
22.04.2025 18:42 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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