On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court agreed. Attorney Michael Bigos, who said he represents about 100 victims affected by the ruling, told USA TODAY he was disappointed by the court’s ...

The diocese has received many lawsuits alleging long-ago abuse by priests. Lawyers for the diocese told the Maine Supreme Judicial Court during arguments that they felt the removal of time limits was ...

A group of people suing Maine’s Catholic Church has asked the state’s highest court to reconsider a ruling that bars them ...

U.S. District Judge Stacey Neumann is the first to uphold the law, which is being fiercely contested in courts across the ...

After the law was passed, dozens of adults successfully sued the church, claiming they were abused by clergy members decades ...

Most have died. In the 100-page ruling issued Tuesday by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, the justices said the court has never allowed the state to allow people to bring claims that have already ...

The Maine supreme court’s latest ruling appears to stretch ... said Utah’s and Maine’s courts failed to take “the second step” in their analysis, and consider whether these laws have ...

NH House passes resolution asking President Trump and Congress to declare Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is in NH, not Maine.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s 5-2 decision in Robert E. Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland found that an expired statute of limitations timeframe amounts to a “vested right ...