Jehovah Witness victims of Childhood Sex Abuse - from the state of New York - and non Jehovah Witness victims, along with all supporters

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  • Sol Reform
    Sol Reform

    Jehovah Witness victims of Childhood Sex Abuse - from the state of New York - and non Jehovah Witness victims, along with all supporters - you're all invited to a Press Conference and movie screening in support of Statute of Limitation Reform.

    Press Conference and movie screening in support of Statute of Limitation Reform
    -- M.E.D.I.A A.D.V.I.S.O.R.Y --

    ADVOCATES FOR REFORM OF NY'S TOO-WEAK CHILDHOOD
    SEXUAL ABUSE LAWS RALLY FOR NEW DOCUMENTARY
    FILM THAT EXPOSES INSTITUTIONAL COVER-UP OF CRIMES

    They Urge Public to See HBO Films Documentary, "Mea Maxima Culpa:
    Silence in the House of God," Now Showing at Film Forum in Manhattan

    WHO: Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, sponsor of reform
    legislation in Albany, and Cardozo Law Professor Marci
    Hamilton, author and legal expert on child sexual abuse laws

    WHAT: Press Conference before 1:00 P.M. screening of the film

    WHEN: 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2012

    WHERE: Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. west of 6th Ave, Manhattan

    (NOTE: Discount tickets for this 1:00 p.m. screening will be
    available for those participating in the press conference.)

    BACKGROUND: Director Alex Gibney's "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" investigates the secret crimes of a Milwaukee priest who abused more than 200 deaf children during the 1960s and '70s in a school under his control.

    "This film makes a strong statement about the institutional cover-up of his crimes by church leaders that we see continuing to this day in notorious cases that have emerged over recent years where institutional leaders try to hide the crimes of child molesters to protect the reputation of their institution," said Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, who has been working for more than eight years to change New York State Law to extend or completely remove the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse crimes.

    Professor Marci Hamilton said: "There has been a deficit of truth, justice and child protection by institutional leaders when they become aware of child sexual abuse in their organizations. The cover-up by Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church exposed in this film is just one of those on my own list of the Top 10 Institutions engaged in child sex abuse cover-up that also includes the Boy Scouts, PennState, Syracuse, Horace Mann, and SyracuseUniversity, to name just some who have been exposed in the past year."

    For Media Information call: Assemblywoman Margaret Markey's Office,
    Michael Armstrong, 718-651-3185, 917-279-8437, [email protected]

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    2011 - 2012 Session Important Issues - Child Victims Act of New York
    For previous activity on the Child Victims Act of New York, click here.

    May 29, 2012 - Continuing Progress in My Fight to Get Justice for Child Sexual Abuse Victims in New York and Stop Predators from Abusing New Generations of Children
    Our New York State statutes of limitations are so lax that many perpetrators evade exposure by waiting out the short statute of limitations. I want to change that because pedophiles who are not exposed will continue to abuse yet more children in the future. You can help by signing the online petition at

    www.nychildvictimsact.org

    Petitioning The Governor of NY Support the Child Victims Act of NY (A5488, Margaret Markey) Petition by
    Robert Kristan


    There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of unknown sex abusers of children living and working among us -- in schools, churches, synagogues, youth groups, and especially in families. If they are to be found and pursued, our legislators must change the New York State statute of limitations (SOL).

    If you would like to become more active in passing this bill, please email: [email protected]

    http://www.change.org/petitions/support-the-child-victims-act-of-ny-a5488-margaret-markey

    http://assembly.state.ny.us/member_files/030/2009_childvictim/

  • flipper
    flipper

    SOL REFORM- This is good this movie screening is taking place and getting notoriety from professionals as well and politicians. Thanks for posting this, very interesting. More things like this need to happen before mainstream America wakes up to the " criminal disease "called child abuse

  • Refriedtruth
    Refriedtruth

    Good to go

  • Sol Reform
    Sol Reform

  • mind blown
    mind blown

    bookmarked

  • Sol Reform
    Sol Reform

    Christopher M Anderson
    NYS Assemblywoman Marge Markey, MS Advisory Board Member Marci Hamilton, and MS ED Christopher M Anderson at a screening of the film "Mea Maxima Culpa" in New York City today. Assemblywoman Markey announced she will be introducing legislation thay seeks to completely eliminate the Statute of Limitations for child sexual abuse.

    http://www.malesurvivor.org/default.html

  • flipper
    flipper

    Important thread, BTTT, Peace out, Mr. Flipper

  • Sol Reform
    Sol Reform

    New York in 2014

    MAY 13: On Tuesday, May 13 supporters and advocates for the Child Victims Act will hold a Lobby Day for the bill in Albany to reach out to legislators, with a particular emphasis on the State Senate,

    Even though the Child Victims Act has been adopted by the Assembly four times since it was first introduced, it has not yet made it to the floor of the State Senate for a vote.

    The conference room of my Albany Office, Room 712, will be available for visitors that day and we expect to hold a press conference at mid-day. Learn more at the NY page

    http://sol-reform.com/News/new-york/

  • no password
    no password

    May happen in 2017.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-church-settlements-step-child-victims-article-1.2821574

    Gov. Cuomo says New York Archdiocese’s cash settlements for child sex abuse victims is just first step toward justice

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    Gov. Cuomo has promised to make the issue of statue of limitations in child abuse cases a priority in the 2017 legislative session after the Child Victims Act failed to pass.

    (TODD MAISEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
    Updated: Friday, October 7, 2016, 3:04 PM
    A New York Archdiocese plan offering cash settlements to sex abuse victims with no statue of limitations is a positive step — but hardly the last one, Gov. Cuomo says.
    A Cuomo spokesman, one day after Timothy Cardinal Dolan unveiled his Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, said new laws were needed to provide compensation to all targets of sexual abuse.
    “We must continue to work to ensure all victims have the opportunity to get the justice they deserve and this means a global legislative solution,” said gubernatorial spokesman Rich Azzopardi.
    Cuomo has promised to make the issue of statue of limitations in child abuse cases a priority in 2017 after the Child Victims Act failed again this year in the state Legislature.
    Currently in New York, victims must bring civil suits before their 23rd birthday against their attackers.
    The Daily News led efforts earlier this year to pass the oft-defeated legislation, first introduced a decade ago.
    The church’s IRCP would only apply to victims of church clergy sexual abuse within the boundaries of the archdiocese. Some of the first 170 cases involved date back decades.
    Under the plan announced by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, victims who accept a settlement from the Archdiocese surrender their right to file a civil suit.

    Under the plan announced by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, victims who accept a settlement from the Archdiocese surrender their right to file a civil suit.

    (THEO WARGO/GETTY IMAGES)
    Critics of Dolan’s response to the sex scandal in the Catholic Church stood outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral to express their skepticism.
    “One of my questions for Cardinal Dolan is ‘Where have you been?’” said Bob Hoatson, president of the victims’ support group Road to Recovery. “We find the timing of this suspicious.”
    Hoatson suggested the new program was pre-emptive because of the inevitability of state legislation reforming the statute of limitations aspect of the law.
    Victims who accept a settlement from the Archdiocese surrender their right to file a civil suit under the program’s rules.
    Mitchell Garabedian, the Boston attorney who has represented hundreds sex abuse victims, said there was a feeling among some that the settlement deals would allow the church to keep its secrets.
    “They feel the church just wants to throw money at them and get rid of them,” said Garabedian. “It is time for Cardinal Dolan and the archdiocese to step to the plate and open the secret files. Show the truth.”

    http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/greenberg-willis-blow-church-fails-abuse-victims-article-1.2821920


    The Catholic Church fails abuse victims: Cardinal Dolan still opposes the one bill that would make a real difference

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    Woefully insufficient

    (MARCUS SANTOS)
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
    Saturday, October 8, 2016, 5:00 AM
    Timothy Cardinal Dolan says he is on the side of children and an ally of survivors fighting for the passage of the Omnibus Child Victims Act, which would finally fix New York’s shameful failure to let victims of sexual abuse pursue justice in state courts. He says he supports an even stricter bill — one introduced by Sen. Andrew Lanza and Assemblyman Michael Cusick.
    The cardinal is being economical with the truth.
    The truth is that the Roman Catholic Church opposes legislation that ensures those who rape and molest our children will be held accountable. The bill the church is championing instead would ensure that New York’s sex offenders stay on our streets, protected by the laws.
    An honest comparison of the two bills in question reveals that there is not one area where the bill the church supports is tougher than the Omnibus Child Victims Act.
    Both bills apply to public and private institutions.
    Both the Child Victims Act and the Lanza-Cusick bill eliminate criminal statutes of limitations for future sexual abuse against children.
    The Child Victims Act eliminates civil statutes of limitations too, whereas the Lanza-Cusick bill extends them by five to 10 years. The problem here is that research shows it takes the average survivor 21 years to disclose their abuse.
    Another vital difference: The Child Victims Act establishes a one-year window allowing survivors of past abuse previously denied justice to identify their perpetrators by bringing forward civil claims. The Lanza-Cusick bill has no such window.
    The lack of such a window protects the priestly perverts that the Roman Catholic Church have moved from parish to parish to escape prosecution or publicity, as seen in the film “Spotlight.”
    The Lanza-Cusick bill does make members of the clergy mandated reporters of crimes against children, but not if they are acting in their “professional character as spiritual advisor.” In other words, that provision doesn’t apply when they are doing their job!
    In sum, Dolan seems more intent on protecting the Roman Catholic Church’s secrets than on safeguarding New York’s children. While in his previous job in Wisconsin, he moved nearly $57 million into the church’s cemetery fund to shield it from lawsuits by abuse victims; the courts made him put it back.
    Here in New York, the Archdiocese spent more than $2 million of church money lobbying for priorities that included defeat of the strongest legislation protecting children from abuse. Then, Dolan was silent when Bill Donohue of the Catholic League accused victims of trying to “rape” the church.
    Thursday’s announcement that Dolan is setting up a compensation fund to help victims, overseen by the church, adds up to just another distraction. The cardinal sees the writing on the wall; he knows the Child Victims Act may well pass this year.
    Offering priest-abuse survivors the opportunity of a settlement outside the legal system, and only in return for sacrificing their rights to pursue claims, is a bad bargain.
    Only the Child Victims Act provides survivors with justice under the law and New York’s children the protection they need.
    The church’s continued resistance to passing sensible legislation to protect children prevents child abusers from being held truly responsible. The courts are the place to bring predators to justice, not the Roman Catholic Church or any religious authority.
    Jesus said, “So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish.” The head of the New York Archdiocese should ensure that they don’t. Isn’t that his job?
    Greenberg is the founder of the Fighting For Children PAC. Willis is CEO of the Stop Abuse Campaign. Blow is COO of the Stop Abuse Campaign.

  • Vidiot
    Vidiot

    "Priestly perverts"... I like that.

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