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The Child Victims Act would extend the time frame in which victims of child sex abuse can bring criminal and civil lawsuits as adults.

The governor said he believed this year's session was successful, despite the inability to agree on the schools and the failure to pass an ethics overhaul as well as other long - sought measures such as a longer time period within which victims of child sex abuse could sue their abusers.

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That's why activists like myself are uniting New Yorkers across the state to demand the state Senate pass the Child Victims Act, which would finally deliver justice to survivors of childhood sex abuse.

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Pirro's grand jury called for the Legislature to eliminate the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases, which bars victims from pursuing criminal charges or civil litigation after their 23rd birthday.

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Earlier this week, protesters greeted the cardinal at an upstate Catholic high school over his opposition to the failed Child Victims Act — which would have removed statute of limitations on child sex abuse cChild Victims Act — which would have removed statute of limitations on child sex abuse cchild 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 cChild Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil child sex abuse cchild sex abuse cases.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN)- New York State Senator Tim Kennedy highlighted a piece of legislation which he said will help victims of child sex abuse.