Sentences with phrase «sex abuse cases while»

Diocese Bishop William Murphy has been a loud opponent of a measure that would extend or eliminate the statute of limitations pertaining to child sex abuse cases while also opening up a one - year window for those who can no longer sue under current law to bring civil cases.

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If you look at the high - profile history of the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases, for example, I would guess that some smaller portion involves the priests who actually engaged in the abuse, while some larger portion is the cover - up.

And on June 21, 2002, the New York Times, in «Silently Shifting Teachers in Sex Abuse Cases,» noted a study of 225 complaints against teachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teaching Cases,» noted a study of 225 complaints against teachers from 1990 — 94 and found that in only one percent of the cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teaching cases did superintendents follow up to ensure that molesting teachers didn't continue teaching, while at least 16 percent of the teachers were able to get new teaching jobs.

While there have been no formal studies to determine how many child molesters have coached youth teams, a computer - database search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just in the last 18 months of coaches in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted of sexually abusing children engaged in nine sports from baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that child sex - abuse victims, for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear of their molesters, rarely report the crime.

Two Western New Yorkers who were victims of sexual abuse as minors are in Albany Wednesday to share their painful stories while advocates push to change New York State's statues of limitations in child sex abuse cases.

While his statement did not mention Dolan by name, it came one day after the cardinal met with him to argue against a lookback provision being included in the Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil child sex abuse cases.