New York's New Child Victim's Act

NY’s Child Victim’s Act (passed in January) - went in to effect Wednesday which removes the state’s statute of limitations on sex crimes against children for one year beginning today, and allows a victim until the age of 55 to pursue legal action against an alleged perpetrator, regardless of when the abuse occurred, and regardless of whether the alleged abuser has died.  More than 100 lawsuits have been filed in 11 counties, mostly targeting Catholic dioceses in New York by alleged survivors of sexual abuse, including one by a 36-year-old female who claims she was abused and then raped by a priest who was then working at the Church of St. Catherine of Genoa in Manhattan. Many more cases are expected against Catholic dioceses, the Boys Scouts of America, the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, and others. The Catholic Archdiocese of NY has already filed a lawsuit against more than two dozen insurance providers to ensure they are covered during the onslaught of legal cases.