The Adult Survivors Act, signed into law last year by Gov. Kathy Hochul, created a one-year lookback window for survivors of sexual misconduct to take legal action.
WATERTOWN — A woman has brought suit against Jefferson County claiming she was sexually abused by a corrections officer while incarcerated at the Metro-Jefferson Public Safety Building in 2015.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and colleague Adam P. Slater say they're representing a diverse group of survivors of Catholic Church abuse in Maryland.