Post by Logan on Jun 9, 2016 2:52:52 GMT -6
Sex abuse survivors and Catholic Church agree that N.Y. Assembly’s proposal to reform child-rape law stinks
The state Assembly may have inadvertently done the unthinkable — getting sexual abuse survivors and the Catholic Church to agree.
Advocates for reform and the church said Wednesday they opposed a bill to reform New York’s statute of limitations on claims of child sexual abuse — but for different reasons.
Advocates don’t believe the bill gives victims enough time to bring lawsuits.
“To me it’s just garbage,” said Gary Greenberg, an upstate investor who says he was sexually abused in 1966. “It’s not what we want. I think if that’s what they want to pass, don’t waste our time. We’ll just come back next year.”
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hates-n-y-assembly-sex-abuse-reform-bill-article-1.2666572
The state Assembly may have inadvertently done the unthinkable — getting sexual abuse survivors and the Catholic Church to agree.
Advocates for reform and the church said Wednesday they opposed a bill to reform New York’s statute of limitations on claims of child sexual abuse — but for different reasons.
Advocates don’t believe the bill gives victims enough time to bring lawsuits.
“To me it’s just garbage,” said Gary Greenberg, an upstate investor who says he was sexually abused in 1966. “It’s not what we want. I think if that’s what they want to pass, don’t waste our time. We’ll just come back next year.”
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hates-n-y-assembly-sex-abuse-reform-bill-article-1.2666572