Carriers should take stock of exposures to sexual abuse claims

By Mary Ann D’Amato, R James Bradford and Kevin J Philbin

DURING the last several months TV news and print media throughout the US have been reporting on the ever-growing sexual abuse and paedophilia scandal consuming the US Roman Catholic Church. It is likely that new revelations of alleged sexual abuse by Catholic priests and the mishandling of investigations into these accusations by the Church hierarchy will continue to make headlines over the next several months.