Their stories are strikingly similar: Five middle-aged men, all former Democrat and Chronicle paperboys in Brighton in the early 1980s, who claim they were sexually abused by their supervisor while on the job. They spoke up one at a time,…
Violence faite aux femmes : l’État de New York change ses lois
En cette Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes, des manifestations ont eu lieu aujourd’hui dans plusieurs pays. Selon les Nations unies, une femme sur trois subit, au cours de sa vie, des violences physiques ou…
Catholic Church Employees Views on Abuse Revealed
According to a poll, one in three employees of the Catholic Church say sex abuse or misconduct is “still a major problem” inside the church, including more than half of nuns polled. More than half of diocesan priests and three…
Diocese of Rockville Centre seeks dismissal of 44 abuse claims
Claims of years-ago abuse of youths by Diocese of Rockville Centre personnel should be dismissed because the state law lifting the statute of limitations is unconstitutional, the diocese says in court papers, according to one of its attorneys. Jennifer Freeman, a…
A Catholic Diocese in New York Is Trying to Stop More Child Sex Abuse Survivors From Suing
A Roman Catholic diocese wants the New York supreme court to throw out new lawsuits filed by childhood sex abuse survivors, challenging the constitutionality of a groundbreaking law that lets survivors sue no matter how much time has passed. But…
Long Island Catholic diocese sues to end Child Victims Act
The Rockville Centre Catholic diocese on Long Island sued to challenge the constitutionality of New York’s Child Victims Act, the year-long legislation that opens the legal recourse door for those who say they were sexually abused. Jennifer Freeman, of New York-based Marsh Law,…