A survivor of clergy sexual abuse in Central New York filed a lawsuit against the Syracuse Roman Catholic Diocese, this afternoon after a new law lifted restrictions on such suits.
The Child Victims Act, passed in New York in January and signed by the governor today, gives victims until their 55th birthday to file civil suits against their abusers and institutions.
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/02/clergy-abuse-survivor-sues-syracuse-catholic-diocese-hours-after-new-law-takes-effect.html
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