For the past several years, New York State Assemblywoman Margaret Markey has sought legislation targeting the sexual abuse of minors. Yet never once has she introduced a bill that would apply to public institutions—just private ones. Now she is back again asking her colleagues to pass a bill that would suspend the civil statute of limitations for a one-year period; it would allow alleged victims who claim they were molested in a private institution to sue, regardless of when it supposedly happened.
But what if a kid was sodomized by a public school teacher in Albany just before Thanksgiving? New York State law says it is already too late for him to sue. Markey agrees with this condition—the kid is out of luck. She could have attempted to correct this situation, but she has chosen not to. In other words, child rape in public schools is not something she will ever confront. However, if a student was allegedly groped by a Catholic teacher in the 1950s, Markey wants it to be legal to sue the teacher, the school, and the diocese in which it is located.
In the month of February alone, six public school employees have been arrested for sexually abusing a minor. And this is just in New York City! Common decency, as well as common sense, dictates that new laws designed to curb this problem should begin by targeting the public schools. Instead, Markey wants to give them a pass.
There is a bill that does not discriminate between private and public institutions. Assemblyman Michael Cusick and State Senator Andrew Lanza do not care where a child may have been molested, and that is why their bill covers students in all schools. Assemblywoman Markey thinks that equal coverage is wrong; she believes in selective justice, which is the highest expression of injustice.
Where do these people come from? What bothers me is people accept this kind of argument as rational and fail to see the injustice implied.
ReplyDeleteMany victims became mentally ill and others committed suicide due to the abuses. It has been proven time and again, adults coming forward from childhood abuse are more likely credible than any other crime. In fact less than 10% will ever come forward. In the end, those who abuse and, the worst criminals, those who cover up the crimes, go free.
ReplyDeleteThe most violent pedo will traumatize a child for 20, 30, 40, 50 and more years making it the perfect crime. Laws now protect the child abuser, so they can continue their crimes without fear. How horrible, destroyed lives and there are those who attack the victims over the abuser.
In fact over 80% of all chaos in society; drug addition, lawlessness, homeless,.. are attributed to childhood trauma. We all pay, over $2oo billion a year as a nation. Isn't it time those who destroyed these children s lives paid? Common sense says - YES. Time to take child abuse seriously.
To those who remember Jayce, the woman who lived in the back of her abductors house or the Missouri boy who lived with his rapist - in each case, neither were bound. The Missouri boy even went to a new school. Yes, they lived with their abductor and could leave at any time. Why didn't they leave? The very same reason these many clergy victims never told. Threats to a sodomized child, abused, hold better than any other threat. Some say Jaycee would have been 60 before coming forward had we not found her, yet she meet with people on a daily basis. The cruelest punishment to a victim of rape is denial. Who denies? Those who harm by covering up the crimes and those how rape. They will deflect. However most caring people will see right through them.
ReplyDeleteAnd imagine these children threaten by clergy as the clergy members would lay threats on them and tell the child if they told, they would harm their family too. This child now carried the weight of the abuse alone, protecting their loved ones. And the vatican demanded silence, threats. Yes, the pope and the bishops orchestrated the greater harm to the child.
Thankfully we have not only usually caught pedos in public schools, but also saw to the child's immediate medical care. The catholic church denied the victim child to protect their own reputation first.
ReplyDeleteThe truth is the greatest healer, why does the catholic church deflect and deny the victim the truth? Why must they point their finger to others? And this is a religion?
And you said "In the month of February alone, six public school employees have been arrested for sexually abusing a minor. And this is just in New York City! Common decency, as well as common sense, dictates that new laws designed to curb this problem should begin by targeting the public schools. Instead, Markey wants to give them a pass."
ReplyDeleteYou have proved we catch those in public schools, that's positive. The real problem is in those who cover up the abuses, the worst criminals. Isn't that why Ireland threw out the vatacan embassy? Sure was, and time we did the same.
You see, the worst crimes were the cover ups, children denied.
You stated.. "There is a bill that does not discriminate between private and public institutions. Assemblyman Michael Cusick and State Senator Andrew Lanza do not care where a child may have been molested, and that is why their bill covers students in all schools. Assemblywoman Markey thinks that equal coverage is wrong; she believes in selective justice, which is the highest expression of injustice."
ReplyDeleteActually that Bill is just a deflection, since last year Margret Markey did the same in her Bill, as requested. In the end, the catholic church, not public schools, lobbied to stop that law too. Quit the games please, that was tried already. Stop deflecting.
The catholic church demanded cover ups from the vatican down - with threats, no public school system has done this. Ireland kicked out the vatican embassy because of these same crimes.
The catholic church ought to behave as adults for once.