ALBANY (NY)
Times Union
February 14, 2019
Mark Lyman, a local man who was sexually assault by a Catholic priest when he was a boy, will be among a group of people filing a lawsuit against an organization of priests and religious brothers, alleging the group concealed the “histories and identities” of clerics who abused children.
The filing of the lawsuit against the Catholic Conference of Major Superiors of Men on Thursday coincides with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signing of the Crime Victims Act.
The legislation passed last month sets a one-year period for alleged victims of sexual assault to file a lawsuit against their abusers or any organization or individuals that may have facilitated the abuse.
Thursday afternoon, Lyman and three other plaintiffs are expected to talk about their lawsuit against the conference and the opportunities for justice that the Child Victims Act will offer victims. The plaintiffs are also expected to demand the histories of each priest and brother who sexually abused children in New York.
The lawsuit is not being filed under the victims act but as a separate legal action.
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