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The Legislative Gazette
Longtime sponsor out of office, but governor is now calling to extend statutes of limitation for child victims of sexual abuse
Advocates for the Child Victims Act are once again calling on state legislators to reform the statutes of limitation on justice sought by child sex abuse victims.
Outspoken reformers such as Bridie Farrell, an Olympic speedskater and advocate for sexually assaulted children in New York, shared her own story of abuse, which shocked the sports world a few years ago.
“If you’re like most New Yorkers, you probably have happy, positive memories of the Capital Region, Saratoga’s race tracks and the Olympic sights in Lake Placid,” Farrell said. “For me those happy memories are overshadowed by childhood sexual abuse nightmares.”
Farrell was repeatedly sexually assaulted as a child by her trainer, Andy Gabel, in 1997 and 1998.
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