Hundreds of Child Victim Suits Filed in NY; Lawyers Say It’s Just Beginning
More than 400 cases were filed under New York's new child-victims law, and plaintiffs lawyers say they have hundreds in the pipeline.
August 14, 2019 at 06:03 PM
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More than 400 lawsuits were filed across New York state against the Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts and other institutions Wednesday to mark the first day of a one-year window to file historic claims of child sex abuse—and plaintiffs attorneys said many more cases are in the pipeline.
Some 169 cases had been filed under the Child Victims Act in the five counties of New York City as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to a search of the New York State Court Electronic Filings system, a court records database. The Archdiocese of New York and other Catholic institutions were the defendants in the vast majority of them. Most suits were filed by a single plaintiff, but in some instances, more than a dozen victims sued together.
Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the state’s Office of Court Administration, said another 258 cases were filed outside of New York City. Erie County, home to Buffalo, saw 107 cases filed, more than even Manhattan. Albany recorded at least 32 cases, Onondaga County—where Syracuse is—at least 11, and Nassau County on Long Island another 30, the NYSCEF search showed.
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