NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY
JEFFREY KLEIN
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
A sex offender is like a predator in the wild, blending into the background hunting for his prey. Sadly, when it comes to a depraved individual who strikes our children, a predator’s hunting ground is likely the home, a school, a religious institution or an after-school activity — the very places where a child is supposed to feel the most safe, and will likely remain quiet about abuse.
Sexual predators cause irreparable emotional damage that could last a lifetime, and because their victims were scared to speak out at the time abuse occurred, some of these dangerous criminals remain unpunished for their reprehensible deeds.
We’ve found it’s only years later that people typically step forward to tell their stories, and for many victims it’s too late, because New York’s statute of limitations leaves a child sex abuse victim without a venue for justice.
In the state Senate, I plan to change that by introducing a new version of the Child Victims Act to give every person victimized by a sexual predator their day in both civil and criminal court.
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