NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY Celeste Katz
Timothy Cardinal Dolan hit Albany for a round of lobbying on issues close to the heart of the Catholic Church, with those ranging from abortion to same-sex marriage. Per our Glenn Blain, Dolan also spoke at length about a subject arguably as controversial as either of those: The Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations in clergy sexual abuse cases.
“We feel that this is terribly unjust. It singles [out] the church and it would be — and I use the word purposefully — devastating for the life of the church,” Dolan told reporters gathered in the LCA, as you can see from the pic at right from Blain’s Twitter feed.
“And the governor listens. He’s a good lawyer. He reminded us of his allegiance to classical jurisprudence that would see a great benefit in the protection of the statute of limitations to see that the innocent of protected and that justice is done,” he said.
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