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Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that has assisted and continues to assist thousands of victims of sexual abuse and their families, is wary of the establishment of the New York Archdiocesan “Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program” by Cardinal Timothy Dolan for the following reasons:
1) The program was designed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the Archdiocese of New York and they are the respondents in the so-called 170 actions against the Archdiocese of New York. The Archdiocese of New York is neither independent nor capable of establishing a “restorative justice” model of compensation because it has a track record of allowing and enabling clergy sexual abuse, hiding clergy sexual abuse, and keeping secret documents concerning clergy sexual abuse.
2) Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is the past President of National Conference of Catholic Bishops, has led efforts to defeat legislation across the country that would enable victims to gain justice through civil and criminal courts.
3) Non-monetary settlements such as release of archival records of sexual abuse by the Catholic Church are not included in the program.
4) It appears that the program is meant to pacify clergy sexual abuse victims and legislators so that legislation extending the statute of limitations regarding sexual abuse cases is not enacted.
Contacts
Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800 – roberthoatson@gmail.com
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250
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