A group of national organizations that deal with sexual abuse are asking New Jersey’s governor to extend a Nov. 30 deadline after which considerably fewer victims of sexual trauma will be able to sue those who hurt them.
But the 11 groups maintain that the COVID-pandemic, the Delta variant, Hurricane Ida and other factors have “slowed” and “complicated” legal processes, and made it difficult for many victims to learn about and take advantage of the law.
The 11 groups are: the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ; Child USA; Zero Abuse Project; Male Survivor; Into Account; Voice of the Faithful; BishopAccountability.org; Taking Back Ourselves; Stop Baptist Predators; the Leadership Council on Child Abuse; and Interpersonal Violence and Prevent Abuse LLC.We are deeply grateful to you and to New Jersey lawmakers who temporarily lifted the civil statute of limitations on child sexual abuse.
Fourth is the domination of the news by Covid-19, the Delta variant and Hurricane Ida, which has been and continues to be extensive. Normally when a civil abuse ‘window’ opens, victims hear about it through the news media. But because other crises have dominated the news coverage, those most in need of this opportunity remain largely unaware of it.
An additional one-year extension of the ‘window’ will give an opportunity to those still coming to grips with the profound harm and betrayal they suffered as children to find the resources necessary to seek redress and accountability.
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