‘fading Memories’ Are Not the Issue When It Comes to Sexual Abuse

The Day
March 28, 2019

https://www.theday.com/article/20190328/OP02/190329439

This is regarding the article, “Legislators looking to help older victims of priest abuse get settlements,” (March 17).

Christopher Healy, executive director of The Connecticut Catholic Conference and lobbyist for the Archdiocese of Hartford is quoted. Healy states the archdiocese feels the current law is "fair and just to handle all claims" and adds that "fading memories and lack of evidence are part of the archdiocese's position."

As a reporter who has interviewed many survivors of church related sexual abuse for an ongoing television documentary project, all the survivors I've interviewed have precise, vivid, painful memories and documented evidence of their decades-old sexual abuse at the hands of priests.

The Diocese of Norwich and Bishop Michael Cote continue hiding secret files of documented sexual abuse cases from law enforcement, the media and their own parishioners! The Diocese of Norwich is the least transparent of the state's three Catholic dioceses. Expanding the Statute of Limitations Law will, undoubtedly, bring many more lawsuits against the Diocese of Norwich.