NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY
KENNETH LOVETT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Saturday, June 24, 2017
ALBANY — When it came to again killing the Child Victims Act this year, few stepped forward to take credit.
Many opponents of the measure to make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to bring cases as adults preferred operating in the shadows, leaving the heavy lifting of fighting the bill publicly to the Catholic Church.
“My gut tells me there’s safety in silence,” said survivor and advocate Kathryn Robb. “These are youth serving organizations and very much like the Senate (that killed the bill), this will be something that defines them.”
In all, just two formal memos opposing the bill were filed with the sponsors during the legislative session.
The state Catholic Conference headed by Timothy Cardinal Dolan and New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, a statewide evangelical Christian advocacy organization, were the only groups to outline in writing their opposition to the legislation.
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