For more than a decade, advocates have traveled to Albany to push for a bill that would make it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits, but supporters of the measure known as the Child Victims Act say this year is different as perceptions surrounding sexual abuse and misconduct have changed in the last several months.
For Bridie Farrell, the revelations of the past year including the abuse of Olympic gymnasts by former team physician Larry Nassar, were not a surprise. Farrell herself was abused by a 33-year-old teammate while training as an Olympic athlete.
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2018/01/30/child-victims-act-new-york-albany
For Bridie Farrell, the revelations of the past year including the abuse of Olympic gymnasts by former team physician Larry Nassar, were not a surprise. Farrell herself was abused by a 33-year-old teammate while training as an Olympic athlete.
http://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2018/01/30/child-victims-act-new-york-albany
