The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester has filed for bankruptcy. It’s one of the “difficult decisions” Bishop Salvatore Matano warned last month would have to be made following the New York Child Victims Act. The act is unleashing a wave of lawsuits filed by people who say they were sexually abused as children by clergy […]
Since early Wednesday morning, dozens of law firms across New York have been filing hundreds of lawsuits against clergy, Boy Scout leaders, teachers and other officials as the one year window opened under New York’s Child Victims’ Act. The act allows a one year window for victims of child sexual abuse to file damage suits, […]
The New York State Legislature has adopted a rewrite of its laws against child abuse…and Governor Cuomo says he’ll sign it into law. After more than a decade of opposition from Republicans in the State Senate, the bill passed under the new Democratic Majority. The Child Victims Act (CVA) expands the statutes of […]