NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY
STEPHEN REX BROWN
KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, January 12, 2017
The attorney who helped break the bombshell story about abuse of children by Catholic priests in Boston hailed Gov. Cuomo’s support of reform of the statute of limitations for New York victims.
Mitchell Garabedian said the announcement had changed the calculus for victims considering enrolling in a settlement program created by Timothy Cardinal Dolan that offers compensation to victims in exchange for their waving the right to sue. Participants in that program currently do not have a right to sue due to the statute of limitations.
Garabedian said he is especially encouraged by Cuomo’s decision to include a look-back component to his version of the Child Victims Act unveiled Thursday that would give child sex abuse victims who can no longer bring civil lawsuits under current law a one-year window to do so.
“The fact that Gov. Cuomo will support retroactive legislation has empowered my clients and given them the hope of having leverage if they’re not satisfied with the result of the Archdiocese settlement program,” Garabedian said.
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