Sex Abuse Suits Pouring in as State's Catholic Leaders Seek Relief From Highest Court
In California, the lawsuits are mounting — middle-aged men, saying they were sexually assaulted as children by a Boy Scout leader or a priest. A...
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In California, the lawsuits are mounting — middle-aged men, saying they were sexually assaulted as children by a Boy Scout leader or a priest. A...
Thompson who is coviering this story and mimi rocca. anne, let's start with the cases that we already know about that are filed and how this is going to work. >> they range the gamut from hospitals to school districts to obviously the catholic church, the boy scouts of america. what is going to happen is today is the first day of a year-long lookback window. the state supreme court here in new york has 45 judges who have been specially trained who are ready to deal with these cases. in fact, a dozen are here in new york city. it's going to take a long time for these people to get justice. it's...
Roots that have caused a ton of damage and they're hard to let go of. >> are you angry? what do you feel? >> i'm incredibly angry. i've been fighting for legislation in pennsylvania for 2 1/2 years since i became public. 30 of the names are still redacted. we don't know who they are, where they are, which diocese, are they in pennsylvania? the senate leadership in pennsylvania refuses to bring mark rozzi's bill to a vote. >> why? this is against the law. >> senator joe scarnati, senate pro tem of pennsylvania, his spokesperson a few weeks ago mentioned that mark rozzi's common sense legislatio...