Here are some key details about priests and others who served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester and have been named in lawsuits filed under New York's Child Victims Act. . ... They intend to sue under the Child Victims Act, said Mike Reck, an..…

The Child Victims Act allows survivors who were silence by the statute of limitations to file civil lawsuits against perpetrators and institutions that may have provided cover for them or ignored their crimes within the next year.. ..…

In January, New York State passed Child Victims Act, legislation which expanded the ability of victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue. ..…

One Year Window to File Lawsuit under Child Victims Act New York Begins August 14, 2019. Douglas & London has been representing victims of Child Sexual Abuse since Child Victims Act was signed into law. ..…

The state’s landmark Child Victims Act includes a provision that lifts for one year a statute of limitations that had barred older complaints and which critics said was too restrictive. ... One law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, said it would sue on behalf of 400 people under the..…