Bernstein Liebhard LLP Offering Clergy Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Reviews to Adult Survivors Who May be Eligible to File Claims in Accordance with New York's Recently-Passed Child Victims Act
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The nationwide law firm of Bernstein Liebhard LLP is investigating potential clergy sexual abuse lawsuits in light of the recent passage of New York's Child Victims Act.
"The Child Victims Act extends the statute of limitations for filing civil lawsuits against sexual abusers, as well as the public or private institutions that enabled their crimes," says Sandy A. Liebhard, a partner at Bernstein Liebhard LLP. "Its passage is a great victory for potentially thousands of adult survivors of clergy abuse throughout New York who have long been denied the justice they so truly deserve."
The firm is now offering free, confidential, and no-obligation legal reviews to survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests or other member of the clergy, especially those who may be eligible to seek redress in accordance with New York's Child Victims Act.
What the Child Victims Act Means for Clergy Abuse Survivors in New York
The Child Victims Act was first introduced in 2006. Although it easily passed the New York State Assembly year after year, the bill was repeatedly defeated in the Senate because of fierce opposition from certain powerful interests, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, and the insurance lobby.
In 2018, a grand jury investigation revealed that Roman Catholic Bishops and other Church officials throughout Pennsylvania had protected hundreds of credibly accused priests for decades. Rather than report allegations to secular authorities, diocesan leaders in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton and elsewhere transferred the accused to unsuspecting parishes, intimidated victims and their families into silence, and even convinced law enforcement to drop investigations into credible accusations.
These findings have already prompted attorneys general in nearly a dozen states - including Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Vermont – to launch new investigations into clergy sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
The revelations also increased support for the New York Child Victims Act, which overwhelmingly passed both houses of the state legislature on January 28th.
Once signed by Governor Cuomo, adult survivors of child sexual abuse in New York will have until their 55th birthday to file civil lawsuits against their abusers, as well as the public or private institutions that harbored them.
The Child Victims Act also opens a one-year window in which survivors can revive old claims that would otherwise be barred by the statute of limitations.
Bernstein Liebhard LLP is now offering free and confidential legal reviews to adults who were sexually abused as children by a priest or other trusted member of the clergy. To learn more about the Child Victims Act or to discuss filing a clergy sexual abuse lawsuit with a member of the firm's legal team, please visit Bernstein Liebhard LLP's website or call 800-511-5092.
About Bernstein Liebhard LLP
Bernstein Liebhard LLP is a New York-based law firm exclusively representing injured persons in complex individual and class action lawsuits nationwide since 1993. As a national law firm, Bernstein Liebhard LLP possesses all the legal and financial resources required to successfully challenge billion dollar pharmaceutical and medical device companies. As a result, our attorneys and legal staff have been able to recover more than $3.5 billion on behalf of our clients. Bernstein Liebhard LLP has been named to The National Law Journal's "Plaintiffs' Hot List" 13 times and listed in The Legal 500 for 10 consecutive years.
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