Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #ChildVictimsAct
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Jun 10th 2023
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“The high court has pressed the Catholic church to explain why it didn’t have an adequate opportunity 50 years ago to investigate the extent of a priest’s abuse of children, given there were ‘red flags everywhere’ about his crimes. 1/ theguardian.com/australia-news…
2/“The court on Thursday began hearing a key case about a legal tactic now routinely being employed by the church and other institutions to permanently shield themselves from abuse survivors’ civil claims for compensation.”
3/This is a story about the Roman Catholic Church in Australia.
#Catholics everywhere should take note.
Church officials who manipulate documentation to defend against lawsuits are guilty of egregious misconduct.
#Catholics everywhere should take note.
Church officials who manipulate documentation to defend against lawsuits are guilty of egregious misconduct.
Jun 21st 2019
Read 31 tweets
THREAD: In 2018, NYers showed up and voted for Democrats to take control of the @NYSenate for the first time in a decade.
@AndreaSCousins became the first woman to lead a legislative chamber and the first black woman to lead the Senate.
Here's what we were able to accomplish:
@AndreaSCousins became the first woman to lead a legislative chamber and the first black woman to lead the Senate.
Here's what we were able to accomplish:
@NYSenate @AndreaSCousins After many years of advocacy, we passed the #ChildVictimsAct, granting survivors of child sexual abuse the opportunity to seek justice against their abusers and the institutions that harbored them. nytimes.com/2019/01/28/nyr…
We passed sweeping new reforms to expand and protect the right to vote: motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
