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6 May 2016

Judge dismisses sex abuse lawsuit filed by 2 elders against N.J. Catholic orphanage

Frank Fioretti (age 82) and Henry Coffey(age 81) who are testifying in Superior Court in Essex County about the sexual and physical abuse they received from nuns at the old Sacred Heart Orphanage in Kearny. A judge in Newark today dismissed a lawsuit filed by two men, saying the statute of limitations had run out on their claim they were sexually abused more than 65 years ago at a Catholic orphanage in Kearny.
Henry Coffey, 81, of Colonia, and Frank Fioretti, 82, of Florida, said they waited until 2004 to file their lawsuit because one had repressed the claimed sexual abuse for decades and the other hadn’t fully comprehended its impact

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/09/judge_dismisses_sex_abuse_laws.html