Our lawyers are reviewing Rhode Island child sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church, including claims involving the Diocese of Providence, Catholic parishes, Catholic schools, religious orders, priests, deacons, brothers, nuns, parish workers, and other Church-connected adults.
These claims are not just about what an individual abuser did. The real question is whether the Diocese, a parish, a school, a religious order, or Church leadership knew enough to stop the abuse, warn families, remove the abuser, report to police, or protect children, and failed to do so.
Rhode Island has now opened a two-year revival window for Rhode Island childhood sexual abuse claims that were previously blocked by old filing deadlines. This is a major development for survivors of Catholic clergy abuse in Rhode Island. The window was opened after years of survivor advocacy, the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision in Houllahan v. Gelineau, and the 2026 Rhode Island Attorney General report on the Diocese of Providence.













