NEW YORK (NY)
New York Daily News
January 17, 2019
I watched Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address, and it unfortunately confirmed what many had warned me but I was unwilling to believe.
For years, I’ve disagreed with those who have observed that certain politicians are using the proposed Child Victims Act, which would extend statutes of limitation for child sex abuse, as a cudgel to attack the Catholic Church. I tried to reason that while there are sadly some who want to single out the church and weaken its ministry, most of our responsible elected officials, Cuomo included, realize the issue of abuse is hardly just a “Catholic problem.”
The governor has proven me wrong. “I am fully aware of the position of the Catholic Church and the opposition of the Catholic Church,” he said, before talking about how he had been an altar boy and how child sex abuse is an offense so dire it demands justice.
I took this as an attack on New York’s Catholic family — singling us out as opponents of legislation that others object to for many reasons.
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