SYRACUSE (NY)
Syracuse.com
February 14, 2020
By Julie McMahon
Today marks the halfway point for a “look-back” window in New York’s Child Victims Act, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse already has been sued nearly 40 times.
The Child Victims Act, passed by the state legislature in January 2019, gave child sex abuse victims previously barred by statutes of limitations more time to sue. It also created a one-year window for victims who had previously been barred from suing. The window opened Aug. 14 last year.
Former Boy Scouts, school districts and an elite youth volleyball coach have faced claims here in Onondaga County.
An analysis by Syracuse.com shows the vast majority of Child Victims Act cases filed locally were against the Syracuse Catholic Diocese. Syracuse.com found 45 cases filed under the Child Victims Act, mostly in Onondaga County.
Across the state, the Syracuse diocese was named in 38 cases.
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