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New York Daily News
BY KENNETH LOVETT NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, April 1, 2016
ALBANY — One of the biggest obstacles to the push for justice for sex abuse victims is the 90-day window victims have to notify public schools or government entities of an intent to sue.
There’s no such requirement for filing a so-called notice of claim — the first step in a lawsuit — against religious organizations or nonprofit groups. Critics say that creates an uneven playing field where victims can sue the Catholic church, or the Boy Scouts, for example, until the accuser turns 23.
“What we’re seeing with the 90-day limit is the creating of two classes of victim, depending solely on where the abuse occurred,” said Dennis Poust, spokesman for the state Catholic Conference. “By any stretch of the imagination, that’s just inherently unfair.”
Eliminating the 90-day window would require legislative action, a change in the notice-of-claim law.
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