Clergy Sex Abuse

The Roman Catholic Church has recently had to own up to its history of concealing the widespread sexual abuse of minors by clergy. For a long time, a strict deadline for filing clergy sex abuse lawsuits has prevented or delayed justice for many childhood sexual abuse victims. Fortunately, state legislatures across the U.S have taken action to allow victims […]

Clergy sexual abuse victims can file lawsuits beyond the usual five-year deadline, all thanks to the passage of the Child Victims Act in 2019. About 140 sexual abuse victims from New York have filed several lawsuits, implicating 49 affiliates of the New York Archdiocese. The Diocese of Albany, in particular, has filed for bankruptcy after