al d'amato gets psid by nassau otb for no work no matter where he is
bettors like to bet, some like to eirk before they die like nyc otb did, and some remind the cardinal that. his is not the only church in town, eg the Othofox Church.
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Defending the church from Cuomo: Archbishop Dolan says the governor is unfairly attacking Catholic leaders on child sex abuse
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo arrive for a rally to raise the minimum wage on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Mike Groll / AP)
I watched Gov. Cuomo’s State of the State address, and it unfortunately confirmed what many had warned me but I was unwilling to believe.
For years, I’ve disagreed with those who have observed that certain politicians are using the proposed Child Victims Act, which would extend statutes of limitation for child sex abuse, as a cudgel to attack the Catholic Church. I tried to reason that while there are sadly some who want to single out the church and weaken its ministry, most of our responsible elected officials, Cuomo included, realize the issue of abuse is hardly just a “Catholic problem.”
The governor has proven me wrong. “I am fully aware of the position of the Catholic Church and the opposition of the Catholic Church,” he said, before talking about how he had been an altar boy and how child sex abuse is an offense so dire it demands justice.
I took this as an attack on New York’s Catholic family — singling us out as opponents of legislation that others object to for many reasons.
The governor is personally aware that we in the church are in favor of justice for child victims as long as all victims in New York are protected, and all organizations are covered, whether they are private or public, religious or secular.
He should know that research shows abuse by priests is no higher — in fact, is lower — than that of other professions; as one prominent victims’ advocate recently noted, 90% of abuse is committed by someone other than a priest, minister or rabbi. In addition, a wide array of thoughtful people have expressed reservations about the proposed legislation.
He should know that in my decade as archbishop of New York, my brother bishops and I have worked closely with Democrats and Republicans for a fair yet dramatic revision to our current ineffective laws. Some of our proposed reforms were even tougher than those put forward by the legislators.
True, we did express some concern about one portion of past proposals, to repeal retroactively the statute of limitations. But we were far from alone in this caution. Legal scholars, members of both parties, the Boy Scouts, unions, other religions and even a former attorney general were one with us in expressing the same and similar concerns.
Now, the New York Bishops have dropped even those reservations, and would not oppose a so-called “look-back window,” as long as it is truly fair and includes all victims of abuse.
In addition, for years we have engaged in a well-publicized and widely praised Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program, reaching resolution with over 300 victims-survivors in this archdiocese alone — statewide the number is over 1,000 — regardless of how long ago the abuse occurred.
The church has also been a leader in developing programs to help prevent abuse, including mandatory background checks, age-appropriate, safe-environment training for both children and adults, and immediate mandatory reporting of all allegations of abuse to the appropriate district attorney.
If the governor wants an effective response to the sin and crime of sexual abuse, he should work with us and others to find ways to promote healing and justice for all victim-survivors, rather than painting us as the problem.
If the governor wants to be fair, then the victim comes first, whether or not he or she was abused by a public school teacher, an employee in a state-run program, a coach or counselor, a health-care professional, a worker in a government-administered foster-care agency, or, yes, a rabbi, minister, or priest.
A balanced bill would allow for compensation programs and mediation over litigation, and would remove notice-of-claim barriers victims encounter when bringing a claim against a public employer.
If the long-needed Child Victims Act is rightly focused on just treatment of all victims, then it will easily gain the broad support that it should, without pillorying the church.
Dolan is archbishop of New York.
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