Category: News Articles
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Advocate Stephen Jiminez reflects on progress in honoring Child Victims Act
Spectrum News New York | BY SPECTRUM NEWS STAFF NEW YORK CITY JUN. 10, 2024 Watch Story Back in April, a state appeals court ruled that the insurance company Chubb may move forward with its lawsuit against the Archdiocese of New York. Chubb is arguing its policies shouldn’t cover claims of child sexual abuse that may have…
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Commentary: Hold insurance companies accountable for fighting CVA claims
Albany Times-Union | By David CatalfamoMay 24, 2024 New York told insurers to comply with the Child Victims Act. But they are doing nothing to enforce it. It’s been five years since the landmark Child Victims Act was signed into law, a critical measure that granted survivors of child sexual abuse a pathway to justice…
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The church, the insurers & tragedy without end
New York Daily News | By STEPHEN JIMENEZ PUBLISHED: May 1, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT The tragedies we endure as individuals and as a society, no matter how devastating or reprehensible, usually have a beginning, middle, and end. However, for those who have witnessed the ordeals of New York’s child sex abuse victims — and our…
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Court ruling for insurer a devastating loss for N.Y. archdiocese
Albany Times-Union | By Brendan J. Lyons, Managing Editor Thousands of sexual abuse claims hang in the balance of a battle between the archdiocese and an insurer that says the church is responsible for what happened. April 23, 2024 ALBANY — A state appellate court delivered a devastating blow to the Archdiocese of New York in a unanimous…
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Court Says Chubb’s Bid to Deny Sex-Abuse Coverage for Archdiocese of New York May Advance
Wall Street Journal | By Soma Biswas April 23, 2024 The insurer says its policies shouldn’t cover abuse by clergy and staff because the alleged misconduct was ‘expected and intended’ Chubb may move forward with its lawsuit to avoid paying liabilities stemming fromsex-abuse claims lodged against the Archdiocese of New York, a New York state appeals…
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Brooklyn Diocese reaches child sex abuse settlement with state attorney general
Spectrum News New York | BY REBECCA GREENBERG BROOKLYN PUBLISHED 6:00 AM ET APR. 19, 2024 After decades of what the state attorney general calls a mishandling of clergy sex abuse cases, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn agreed to install an independent secular monitor. “There are many people like me out there. We know that there…
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New York Archdiocese battles with insurers over child abuse cases
Albany Times-Union | By Brendan J. Lyons | March 28, 2024 ALBANY — A coalition representing alleged survivors of child sexual abuse are calling on state lawmakers to investigate the insurance industry’s practices as many of those companies — which have provided policies to New York Catholic dioceses dating back decades — are fighting efforts to have the insurers…
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Sex abuse claims against clergy cannot be ducked by insurers, victims argue
By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Updated: Feb. 16, 2024, 7:05 a.m.|Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 9:32 a.m. The victim is unnamed, identified only as Doe 68. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family and a parishioner of the Church of St. Gregory the Great in Hamilton Square within the Diocese of Trenton, he — or…
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Sex abuse claims against clergy cannot be ducked by insurers, victims argue
NJ.com | By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The victim is unnamed, identified only as Doe 68. Raised in a devout Roman Catholic family and a parishioner of the Church of St. Gregory the Great in Hamilton Square within the Diocese of Trenton, he — or she — was allegedly sexually abused by a…