Several of us were shocked, but maybe not surprised, by the reporting around Linda Fairstein yesterday (by
Huffington Post). It’s a great example of why we need the Adults Survivors Act, Marissa Hoechstetter told
Capital Tonight. That story really hit home to me, Hoechstetter continued. It echoed my experience, reporting sexual assault to the DA’s office and finding out afterward that there were campaign contributions and other things that let my perpetrator really get away with it.
Hoechstetter was among 19 other women who
accusedgynecologist Robert Hadden of sexual abuse while he examined them.
Under a 2015 plea deal, Hadden would give up his medical license, but he would serve no jail time, and wouldn’t be listed on New York’s sex offender registry.
Former Children s Home of Poughkeepsie Residents Allege Child Sexual Abuse in Six Lawsuits Filed by Greenstein & Milbauer, LLP
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NEW YORK, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Children s Home of Poughkeepsie is a 174-year-old organization located in Poughkeepsie, New York, serving children who have suffered abuse, neglect, and maltreatment. Its mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment.
Quite the contrary, according to the six lawsuits filed by Greenstein & Milbauer, LLP, a law firm based in New York City (www.nyclawfirm.com). The lawsuits accuse staff and, in one case, an older resident of child sexual abuse. The lawsuits document decades of child sexual abuse spanning from 1978 – 2008. The lawsuits accuse The Children s Home of Poughkeepsie of negligence in its hiring, training & supervision, among other failures.
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New Diocese list of abusers includes 16 former North Fork priests St. Agnes Cathedral, the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
A recent bankruptcy court filing by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre sheds new light on the scope of sexual abuse by clergy who served on the North Fork, but critics say they believe an attached list of abusers omits the names of dozens more perpetrators.
The April 15 filing documents allegations against some former local priests who hadn’t previously been publicly accused of abuse and offers new details about locations where incidents occurred here and elsewhere on the East End.