Boy Seeks: FORMER ANTIOCH ALTAR BOY SUES OAKLAND DIOCESE OVER SEX ABUSE
A lawsuit has been filed in Alameda County Superior Court accusing a former Antioch priest of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and the Oakland Diocese of negligence and a cover-up.The suit, filed on behalf of Robert Thatcher, 32, a former Antioch resident and altar boy, seeks unspecified damages from the diocese, an unnamed Antioch church, an unnamed bishop and an unnamed priest. The Oakland Diocese includes Contra Costa County churches. The suit alleges Thatcher was molested from 1980 to...
ORPHANED BOY SEEKS DAMAGES IN ROAD DEATHS OF BOTH PARENTS
By MARC BARNES Staff Writer A Cumberland County jury has one chance to help a 7-year-old boy orphaned when a tractor-trailer truck crushed his parents' car in 1988, the boy's lawyer told the jurors Wednesday. "What you do in this case is going to have to last Joshua for the rest of his life," said John Edwards, who represents Joshua Howard and the boy's grandmother, Golda Howard. The family is suing Collins...
Boy Seeks: WANTED: JEWISH WIFE TO SHARE COLD
What's a nice Jewish guy from Alaska doing in New York City?Dating as fast as he can. Jay Ramras, a talkative, green-eyed bachelor from Fairbanks, settled into a sublet apartment two months ago and started networking for single Jewish women.Since then, he's had 50 dates (more than he'd ever had in his life) and is the subject of a weekly update in New York magazine headlined, ``Nice Jewish Boy Seeks Hotblooded Jewish Girl for Love in Colder...
Boy Seeks: BEING SINGLE, WANTING DOUBLE ALASKAN IN N.Y. IN SEARCH OF JEWISH MATE
What's a nice Jewish guy from Alaska doing in New York City?Dating as fast as he can. Jay Ramras, a talkative, green-eyed bachelor from Fairbanks, settled into a sublet apartment two months ago and started networking for single Jewish women.Since then, he's had 50 dates (more than he'd ever had in his life) and is the subject of a weekly update in New York magazine headlined, ''Nice Jewish Boy Seeks Hotblooded Jewish Girl for...
Boy Seeks: Letourneau case -- School district, city should not pay anything
Haven't we had enough of Mary K. Letourneau and Vili Faulaau? ("Boy seeks damages in Letourneau rape case," April 14.) He knew exactly what he was doing in her company at all times; she didn't have to encourage the activity. The result: two children, and I would guess the government is paying for them in the form of Social Security or Supplemental Security Income.What about any income from the book sales (as if anyone in their right mind...