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,…
Child Victims Act faces legal challenge from Long Island Catholic diocese
Long Island Catholic leaders are challenging a key state law against sexual abuse in legal papers filed Wednesday in Nassau County Supreme Court. The 79-page motion “respectfully moves the court” to dismiss dozens of sexual abuse claims brought against the…
Catholic Church files to challenge law protecting sex abuse victims
The Diocese of Rockville Centre filed papers Tuesday in Nassau County Supreme Court against the act, which changed the statute of limitations for child sex crimes and opened up a year-long window where any child sex abuse victim can file…
Sex abuse accuser takes Rockefeller University to court to see what the school knew about Dr. Reginald M. Archibald, who is named as molester
A former Rockland County judge who has accused a Rockefeller University doctor of sexually abusing him is demanding a judge unseal 60-year-old grand jury records that may shed light on what university officials knew, when they knew it and whether…
‘If Those Were Pictures of You, You Would Understand’
Two sisters talk candidly about their lives after being sexually abused as children. It has been 10 years, but online photos and videos continue to haunt them. Two sisters from the Midwest are among the untold number of survivors of…
Child Abusers Run Rampant as Tech Companies Look the Other Way
Though platforms bar child sexual abuse imagery on the web, criminals are exploiting gaps. Victims are caught in a living nightmare, confronting images again and again. The two sisters live in fear of being recognized. One grew out her bangs…