Back in 2019, New York legislators passed the Child Victims Act. It gave victims of child sexual abuse a one-year window to file civil lawsuits seeking compensation for the abuse they suffered, regardless of when the abuse took place. The deadline was later extended by…
Did the Catholic Church use Native American communities to hide pedophile priests? That’s what one plaintiff’s attorney said recently in a statement related to a new lawsuit. The plaintiff in the case claims an Indiana priest who worked at his high school in Northeastern Arizona…
Back in 2019, witness testimony in a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) trial revealed that more than 12,000 victims had been sexually abused while in the organization. The witness had been hired by the Boy Scouts to go through its “red flag” files concerning perpetrators…
Victims of abuse within the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) may wonder if it’s too late to file a claim against the organization. What if the abuse happened 10 or 20 years ago or more? It used to be that state law restricted the time…
According to a recent article in The Washington Post, the number of child sexual abuse allegations against Catholic clergy more than quadrupled in 2019 compared to the average in the previous five years. In 2015, there were 903 reports, and by 2019, that number had…
More than 50 former University of Michigan students, including more than two dozen football players, have banded together to file a sexual abuse lawsuit against the university, claiming that a prominent team doctor sexually abused them during physical exams. They also allege that when legendary…
In February 2020, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for bankruptcy, stating it would use the Chapter 11 process to create a trust to compensate victims of child sexual abuse. After filing for bankruptcy, the Boy Scouts proposed an October 2020 deadline for victims…
In February 2019, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Child Victims Act (CVA) into law. It amended the state’s previous laws to allow the following: Victims of child sexual abuse to file civil lawsuits against perpetrators or related organizations at any time up to…
About a year ago, on February 14, 2019, New York Governor Cuomo signed the New York Child Victims Act into law. It extended the deadline for filing civil lawsuits against child sexual abusers and private or public institutions until a survivor’s 55th birthday. Before that,…
New York lawmakers signed the Child Victim’s Act on February 14, 2019, which provides a one-year window for child sex abuse survivors, regardless of age, to file civil claims against their alleged abusers and any related negligent institutions. That window opened on August 14, 2019,…
