ALBANY (NEW YORK)
New York Daily News
November 20, 2018
By Kenneth Lovett
Gov. Cuomo said Tuesday he wants to see a bill making it easier for victims of child sex abuse to seek justice as adults pass next year—but not in a way that would bankrupt the Catholic Church.
“Obviously nobody wants to see a dioceses or the Catholic Church bankrupt, so how it is done is very important,” Cuomo told reporters during a pre-Thanksgiving trip to Buffalo to pass out turkeys.
But Cuomo quickly added that “nor do I think you should say, ‘well this may cost the Church money, so we shouldn’t do it.’ There’s a long step between acknowledgment and justice and financial catastrophe, so I do believe there should be a recognition and justice should be done for the victims.”
Buffalo has been contending with a widespread priest abuse scandal.
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