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Anonymous ID: d0ee32 Aug. 13, 2021, 6:22 a.m. No.14343920   🗄️.is đź”—kun

NY let childhood sex abuse victims sue; 9,000 went to court

 

By MICHAEL HILLtoday

 

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For two years, New York temporarily set aside its usual time limit on civil lawsuits in order to allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue churches, hospitals, schools, camps, scout groups and other institutions and people they hold responsible for enabling pedophiles or turning a blind eye to wrongdoing.

That window closes Saturday, after more than 9,000 lawsuits were filed, a deluge whose impact may be felt for many years.

Four of the state’s Roman Catholic dioceses have filed for bankruptcy partly as a result of litigation unleashed by the state’s Child Victims Act. Thousands of new allegations against priests, teachers, scout leaders and other authorities have intensified the already harsh light on institutions entrusted with caring for children. And survivors of abuse have been given an outlet for their trauma and a chance at accountability once thought long lost. “This has, ironically, been a very healing experience for me on a personal level,” said Carol DuPre, 74, who sued the Roman Catholic diocese in Rochester, saying she was molested by a priest as a teen in the early 1960s as she counted offerings and typed up bulletins after church services.

She put the events “in a storehouse in her mind,” but it still haunted her for decades. When the chance came to file a suit, it was an easy decision.

“The idea of confronting it, talking about it and dealing with it is internally setting me free.”

New York is among a number of states that have in recent years established windows allowing people to sue over childhood abuse no matter how long ago it took place. Similar windows were opened in New Jersey and California.

Ordinarily, courts put deadlines on suing because of the difficulty in holding a fair trial over incidents that happened many years ago. Witnesses die or move away. Records are lost. Memories fade. But lawmakers believed that, despite those hurdles, victims deserved an opportunity for justice and might feel emboldened now to speak up about things they’ve kept to themselves for many years.

New York’s one-year window was originally supposed to end Aug. 14, 2020, but it was extended twice amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic and resulting court disruptions were keeping survivors from coming forward.Barring another extension, electronic filings will be accepted until midnight Saturday, according to a state courts spokesperson.

 

https://apnews.com/article/health-religion-coronavirus-pandemic-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-2bbc11dd595e8b966155eec377060e0c

Anonymous ID: d0ee32 Aug. 13, 2021, 7:34 a.m. No.14344245   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4265 >>4980 >>4989

Catherine Herridge

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#SpecialCounselDurham – RE-READ ORDER from 10/19/20 "In addition to the confidential report required by 28 C.F.R. § 600.8(c), the SpecialCounsel, to the maximum extent possible and consistent with the law and the policies + practices of the Department of Justice, shall submit…to the Attorney General a final report, and such interim reports as he deems appropriate, in a form that will permit public dissemination” + “authorized to prosecute federal crimes arising from his investigation” #MeaningfulFindings

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Anonymous ID: d0ee32 Aug. 13, 2021, 4:09 p.m. No.14344971   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>5347 >>5494

(FOX 9) - Republican Party of Minnesota Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan's future is uncertain after a close friend and major donor was indicted and arrested Thursday on child sex trafficking charges.

Anton "Tony" Lazzaro, 30, faces five counts of sex trafficking of a minor, a count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, and another count of attempted sex trafficking, along with three counts of obstruction, according to an unsealed indictment.

 

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-gop-chairs-future-uncertain-after-friend-and-donor-arrested-for-child-sex-trafficking