DAVID PORTER
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick abused a teenage boy in the 1990s when he was leader of the Archdiocese of Newark, according to a lawsuit filed under a newly enacted New Jersey law that gives accusers more time to make legal claims.
Another lawsuit filed by two of six sisters alleges that a now-deceased priest who had previously worked for the archdiocese abused them and their siblings for nearly 10 years after he was transferred to Pennsylvania.
"This is a momentous day for our family because we can finally move forward in our search for justice," one of the sisters, Patty Fortney-Julius, said at a news conference Monday.
A law that was passed by New Jersey in the spring and went into effect Sunday allows child se
