NY: Decades of Harm: New York Schools Named in Nearly 2,000 Child Sex Abuse Claims

Source: motherjones.com 9/23/26 A law that opened a window for survivors to seek justice for past abuse also exposed how schools enabled alleged predators.   Going to high school in Dutchess County, New York, in the 1960s, there was no late bus. For one star athlete at Our Lady of Lourdes High School, that meant regularly hitchhiking the 25 miles between school and home after practice. It was during those lonely treks, he said, that his new coach and gym teacher, Vincent Dutkowski, would stalk him in his car, offering…

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