NEW YORK
Times Ledger
State Assemblywoman Marge Markey refuses to give up. For a decade she has pushed the state Legislature in Albany to pass the Child Victims Act, which would remove the statute of limitations on underage sexual abuse cases.
Her bill made it through the Assembly this session for the fourth time, but it never has been brought up for a vote in the state Senate.
This time looked like it might be different. The Maspeth Democrat took her fight to the Legislature as “Spotlight” won the Oscar for Best Picture for its accurate portrayal of the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Catholic Church’s coverup of priests molesting children. The film aired the scandals that have plagued the church to an appalled national audience.
In May, the Democratic minority failed in its bid to force the state Senate to vote on the measure, which may mean that it’s moribund with only two weeks left in the current session. GOP senators blocked the bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat, on the grounds it would unleash a flood of unverified claims of sex abuse.
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