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PA Scout Leader, Ex-Teacher Charged With Sex Assault Of Former Student: Prosecutors PA Scout Leader, Ex-Teacher Charged With Sex Assault Of Former Student: Prosecutors
PA Scout Leader, Ex-Teacher Charged With Sex Assault Of Former Student: Prosecutors A teacher is accused of sexually abusing his former student, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's Office.  Keith Steininger, 68, of Upland Borough is being held in lieu of a $250,000 bond, prosecutors said.  Investigators say Steininger, who was also a Boy Scout trooper leader, abused the victim for a period of two years between 2018 and 2020, when the victim was between 11 and 13.  Authorities said Steininger was the victim's Boy Scout leader and former teacher at Girard College, a Philadelphia boarding school for children from families headed…

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by Mac Bullock
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NJ Catholic Diocese Agrees To Pay Record $87.5M Cash Settlement To 300 Child Sex Abuse Victims NJ Catholic Diocese Agrees To Pay Record $87.5M Cash Settlement To 300 Child Sex Abuse Victims
NJ Catholic Diocese Agrees To Pay Record $87.5M Cash Settlement To 300 Child Sex Abuse Victims The Catholic Diocese of Camden has agreed to pay an unprecedented $87.5 million -- in cash – to 300 survivors of child sex abuse. The average payment to each of the survivors comes to roughly $290,000, plus whatever is later obtained from the southern New Jersey's diocese’s insurance companies, under the proposed bankruptcy settlement. That’s a sharp difference from a proposed settlement by the Boy Scouts of America, whose claimants stand to receive an average of about $31,000. “I want to express my sincere apology to all those who have been affected by sexual abuse in our diocese,” Bish…

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by Jerry DeMarco