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Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish officials in New York are mounting an intense lobbying effort to block a bill before the State Legislature that would temporarily lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of children……

If signed by Gov. David A. Paterson, a longtime supporter, the bill would at minimum revive hundreds of claims filed in recentyears against Catholic priests and dioceses in New York, but dismissed because they were made after the current time limit, which is five years after the accuser turns 18. Similar legislation has passed in Delaware and in California, where a 2003 law led to claims that have cost the church an estimated $800 million to $1 billion in damages and settlements………

“We believe this bill is designed to bankrupt the Catholic Church,” said Dennis Poust, spokesman for the New York State Catholic Conference, a group representing the bishops of the state’s eight dioceses. He said that Cardinal Egan and Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Brooklyn visited Albany this week to voice their opposition, and that a statewide network of Catholic parishioners had bombarded lawmakers via e-mail.”

- Read the full article Religious Leaders Battle Abuse Bill in New York by Paul Vitello on nytimes.com

It is disgusting how the Catholic Church and other religious institutions continue to try and cover their own asses instead of addressing the fact that their leaders are molesting and abusing kids.  These religious groups would not be getting sued and held financially responsible for the act of these pedophiles if they would actively worked to remove these people from their ranks instead of simply moving them around and covering stuff up.

The quote by the spokesman for the Catholic church above boggles me.  He is more worried about the church’s finances than he is the abused to get retribution for what was done to them.  It clearly shows the church is scared for it knows the thousands of children it has allowed to be abused by the people it placed as their “spiritual” leaders.  Money should be the least concern of the church, they should be glad crucifixion is no longer a punishment cause I think it would be appropriate

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