NEW YORK
Rockland/Westchester Journal News
October 2, 2019
By Frank Esposito
Lawyers for those who have accused clergy of sexual abuse said any current abuse would not be reported until years later, casting doubt over a claim no recent credible claims since the early 2000s.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan sat on the edge of his seat while the findings of an independent investigation into the Archdiocese of New York’s handling of sex abuse claims was read at a press conference in New York City on Monday.
A former federal judge and prosecutor Barbara Jones and a team of attorneys had combed through archdiocese records, and found the archdiocese hadn’t had any credible claims against its priests since the early 2000s.
For the archdiocese, it’s a light at the end of the tunnel, the epidemic of child sex abuse in the 20th century seemingly has a end.
Attorneys for plaintiffs, like Mitchell Garabedian, a prominent Boston-based attorney who represents more than 250 clergy sexual abuse plaintiffs in New York, see it as the light of another train.
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