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-Live from Manhattan, sexual abuse survivors and the law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates are:
· Announcing the filing of 54 lawsuits against the Archdiocese of New York today, when the one-year window provision of the New York Child Victims Act (CVA) took effect;
· Announcing the filing of 36 lawsuits against the Diocese of Brooklyn under the CVA window provision;
· Revealing lists of the names of the perpetrators named in the lawsuits, including over 10 Archdiocese of New York perpetrators named publicly for the first time, and over 5 Diocese of Brooklyn perpetrators named publicly for the first time (The lists are attached, with perpetrators named for the first time highlighted in red);
· Revealing lists of the locations at which the named perpetrators worked and abused children (see attached);
· Demanding the Archdiocese of New York and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and the Diocese of Brooklyn and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, release all the names of every credibly accused priest who has worked in the Archdiocese and Diocese, as well information on the alleged perpetrators’ history, current whereabouts and what the Archdiocese and Diocese knew about alleged child sexual abuse;
· Discussing the CVA, which was signed into law in February 2019. The CVA window gives survivors of child sexual abuse one year to bring lawsuits in cases that were previously barred by the statute of limitations, no matter when the abuse occurred;
· Encouraging sexual abuse survivors to come forward confidentially under the CVA;
· Announce that Jeff Anderson & Associates is partnering with Robins Kaplan LLP, one of the nation’s pre-eminent trial law firms, with offices in New York and across the country. For over 80 years, Robins Kaplan has obtained justice on behalf of individuals harmed by some of the largest and most powerful institutions in the world
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