Child sex-abuse victims are calling on the New York Attorney General’s office to release the Catholic Church’s “secret files” on predatory priests, The Post has learned. On the heels of a bombshell Pennsylvania report on child-sex abuse by Catholic clergy,…
When a Child Discloses Abuse
You are a teacher, a child care worker, a program administrator, or any other person who has contact with children. One day, you observe a child engaged in highly abnormal sexual play, for example, putting a doll’s head close to…
Thousands of sexual abuse cases likely to be filed under Child Victim’s Act
The resolution of those cases hinge in large part on this week’s legal maneuver by the Archdiocese of New York, which asked a court to compel its 32 insurers to provide defense coverage and possible settlements. In response to at…
What the New York Archdiocese suing its insurers could mean for sexual abuse survivors
If the New York Archdiocese — which covers downstate counties including Hudson Valley churches — loses, that could set a precedent for denying coverage of diocese in upstate New York, lawyers say. The legal move by the Archdiocese of New York to…
Catholic archdiocese sues insurers over future abuse claims
NEW YORK — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York has sued more than two dozen insurance companies, seeking to compel them to cover claims filed by people who say they were abused by clerics. Church officials anticipate that numerous…
New York Archdiocese sues to force insurers to cover sexual-abuse claims
The Archdiocese of New York quietly filed a lawsuit last week against dozens of insurance companies, demanding legal protection and coverage for historic childhood sexual abuse claims. The filing, which targets 32 different companies to which the church reportedly paid…