Catholic Church fights push to allow more abuse claims in NY

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Disgraceful.

http://poststar.com/catholic-church-fights-push-to-allow-more-abuse-claims-in/article_8105ad46-0387-5fdd-847d-7872eb4cb889.html

The Roman Catholic Church is opposing efforts in New York to allow sex abuse accusers to file lawsuits after the statute of limitations has expired, warning of dire financial consequences if the state allows plaintiffs to sue decades after the purported abuse occurred.

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Such a law in New York would cause the church “catastrophic financial harm,” according to a statement of opposition from The New York State Catholic Conference, which argues a one-year window would do nothing to stop new cases of abuse while “enriching trial lawyers” by allowing them to file suits relating to “stale lawsuits regarding long-ago charges.”

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“The victims aren’t dead. They’re alive, and suffering, and they want their day in court,” said Sally Butler, a Dominican sister from Brooklyn who says her foster son was abused by priests as a child. “The bishops say this is anti-Catholic. What it really is is a civil rights movement for children.”

The richest institution on the planet, which constantly touts its alleged moral superiority, and attempts to force others to live by its fucked-up rules despite failing over and over to follow them itself, can't afford to compensate the real people harmed by its power structure? Gotta love the dig at "trial lawyers," too.