Cardinal Timothy Dolan emerged from a closed-door meeting Tuesday with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo saying the proposed Child Victims Act to prosecute and compensate victims of child sexual abuse unfairly targets the Catholic Church and, if passed as is, would be “toxic.”
The long-proposed Child Victims Act would extend the statute of limitations for criminal and civil cases of those accused of molestation and sexual abuse of children. The proposals include a “look-back” period of one year for victims to be heard in court. The issue is now part of negotiations in a 2018-19 state budget that is due by April 1.
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