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	Abuse Bill Would Cripple Church, Diocese Says By Bart Jones and Joie Tyrrell Newsday March 14, 2009 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/nassau/ny-liabus146068674mar14,0,1430372.story A child sex abuse victims bill that stands a renewed chance of passage in Albany could "bankrupt" the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the diocese warned Friday, shutting schools, parishes, clinics and other church institutions by allowing dozens of lawsuits from cases dating back decades. But supporters of the bill shot back that the diocese was exaggerating the potential damage and that the proposed law would finally give victims of predatory priests their day in court. The bill, which may be voted out of committee in the Assembly as early as Tuesday, would create a one-year window during which statute-of-limitations laws would be suspended and victims of child sex abuse could file civil lawsuits against their alleged attackers and the institutions that harbored them. Good chance of passing
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