NY Senate Majority passes Adult Survivors Act

NEWS10

Thursday, the Senate Democratic Majority passed the Adult Survivors Act, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chair, Senator Brad Hoylman. This bill takes another step to support survivors who have experienced sexual abuse and hold accountable those who committed these crimes. read more »

Prominent German Cardinal Offers to Resign Over Church Sexual Abuse

NEW YORK TIMES

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, a leading figure in Germany’s Roman Catholic Church, has offered his resignation to Pope Francis as an act of personal responsibility for sexual abuses by priests over the past decades, the archdiocese of Munich and Freising said Friday. read more »

Survivors of decades-old sexual abuse could sue perpetrators under bill nearing final test

COLORADO NEWSLINE

A Colorado bill that could open up state institutions, schools and youth programs like the Boy Scouts to millions of dollars in lawsuits from sexual misconduct that occurred decades ago passed a crucial test Wednesday in the state Legislature. read more »