A startling fact jumps out when you review the list of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse in the Diocese of Camden New Jersey: Many of them are still alive. So one or more of them could have raped a girl yesterday, groped a boy last night or is grooming an unsuspecting family full of kids right now. The…
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NEW JERSEY CLERGY ABUSE
New Jersey Law Gives Sexual Abuse Victims More Time To Sue
Beginning December 1, 2019, New Jersey Law Expands Statute of Limitations Allowing Sex Abuse Victims More Time To Sue The State of New Jersey passed legislation which will empower victims of child sexual abuse to sue their attackers. The new law, which takes effect December 1, 2019, significantly extends the statute of limitations for sexual abuse claims and creates a…
New Jersey Catholic Dioceses Announce Launch of Voluntary Settlement Fund
Unlike Other Claim Funds, the New Jersey Catholic Conference Has Announced It Will Arbitrarily Exclude Claims Against Religious Order Priests and Lay Employees NEWARK, NJ – Adam Horowitz, a nationally-recognized advocate for survivors of clergy sexual abuse, announces the launch of a new database of clergy and lay employees accused of sexual abuse in the Catholic dioceses of New Jersey:…
New Jersey Dioceses Sets Compensation Fund Rules for Clergy Sexual Abuse Victims
The Archdiocese of Newark and the Dioceses of Camden, Metuchen, Trenton and Paterson have set a start date of June 15, 2019 for the Independent Victim Compensation Program (“IVCP”). The IVCP is intended to compensate victims of sexual abuse by their clergy regardless of how many years ago the abuse occurred. Claimants must complete a questionnaire with sworn answers and…
New Jersey Set to Become the Latest State Adopting Longer Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse
New Jersey is set to become the latest state to expand its statute of limitations for survivors of sexual abuse to seek justice against those who have harmed them. The law will apply not only to abusers themselves, but to any persons or organizations that were negligent in allowing the abuse of a child to occur, such as a school,…
What You Need to Know About New Jersey Catholic Diocese Victim Compensation Program
All five of the Catholic Dioceses in New Jersey have created a unified compensation fund to provide money to people who were sexually abused as children by their clergy. Victims will be eligible for the funds regardless of whether the statute of limitations has passed on their ability to file a lawsuit against the Diocese or priests. Payouts will be…