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COVID-19: Child Victims Act Extended Through January COVID-19: Child Victims Act Extended Through January
Covid-19: Child Victims Act Extended Through January New York is extending the window for abuse victims to file claims under the Child Victims Act due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. During his daily COVID-19 briefing on Friday, May 8 in the Murray Student Center at Marist College, Cuomo announced the state is extending the window to file abuse claims by five months due to the virus. Anyone looking to file a claim under the Child Victims Act will now have through Jan. 14 to do so. Cuomo said that “the COVID pandemic has limited survivors’ ability to file claims and effectively arguing their case, delaying their long-overdue jus…

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Former Coach From Northern Westchester Accused Of Molesting Student At School Former Coach From Northern Westchester Accused Of Molesting Student At School
Former Coach From Northern Westchester Accused Of Molesting Student At School A former children’s sports coach in Westchester has become the latest accused of sexually abusing a minor decades ago as part of a Child Victims Act case that was filed earlier this month. Edwin Gaynor, of Ossining, is accused of fondling a minor during a gym class in the 1960s when he worked at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Scarsdale, according to a lawsuit filed in Westchester County civil court. It is alleged that the Archdiocese of New York knew of the abuse and rather than handle the situation, they instead continued to move Gaynor to different schools, none of which have been nam…

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Details Emerge After Retired Area Judge Accused Of Sex Abuse Details Emerge After Retired Area Judge Accused Of Sex Abuse
Details Emerge After Retired Area Judge Accused Of Sex Abuse A retired Orange County Court judge has been accused of sexually abusing a former student decades ago. Judge Jeffrey Berry was accused of assaulting a teenage girl between 1970 and 1972 when he was a teacher and she was a student at Cornwall High School in New Windsor. The lawsuit filed in Orange County Supreme Court alleges that Berry met a student in the fall of 1970 when she was 16 and a sophomore at the school. The lawsuit states that his alleged victim suffered emotional and psychological distress that have persisted to this day. The complaint states that Berry was “grooming” the girl…

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Retired Hudson Valley Judge Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teen Retired Hudson Valley Judge Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teen
Retired Hudson Valley Judge Accused Of Sexually Abusing Teen Click here for an updated story: Details Emerge After Retired Area Judge Accused Of Sex Abuse A retired judge in the Hudson Valley has been named in a new lawsuit under the Child Victims Act that he sexually abused a teen during the 1970s. The suit, filed last month in Orange County Court by a Pennsylvania woman, alleges that Judge Jeffery Berry, who retired in 2015, sexually assaulted her while she was a student at Cornwall Central High School, according to multiple reports. The suit, obtained by News 12, says the judge began grooming the victim when she was 16-years-old while he…

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Ex-Area Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Found Dead Ex-Area Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Found Dead
Ex-Area Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing Student Found Dead A Hudson Valley teacher who was recently accused of the alleged sexual abuse of an elementary student years ago was found dead at his Orange County home. Shawn Memmelaar, a retired Newburgh physical education teacher, was found dead Sunday, Oct. 13, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Town of Goshen Police said. Memmelaar, who was a gym teacher at the now-closed Union Grove Elementary School in Newburgh, had denied the allegations after a recently filed lawsuit claimed he abused student Sandra Burke, 55, from 1969 through 1975. Burke's attorney, Evan Foulke, told News 12, that Memmelaar wou…

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Former Pastor In Area Accused Of Child Sex Abuse Former Pastor In Area Accused Of Child Sex Abuse
Former Pastor In Area Accused Of Child Sex Abuse A longtime area Catholic priest has been placed on administrative leave following an allegation of child abuse from years ago. Monsignor Edward Weber, the director of Priest Personnel Office in the archdiocese, is one of four priests in the Archdiocese of New York to be placed on leave following new allegations, said an article in the Catholic New York, the archdiocese's newspaper. The three other priests include Msgr. Edward Barry of Holy Rosary parish in Hawthorne, Father William Luciano of Blessed Sacrament parish in New Rochelle, and Msgr. James White of St. Vito-Most Holy Tri…

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by Kathy Reakes