As Child Victims Act's one-year window opens, victims speak out

Forty-seven years later, bolstered by 25 other allegations against the same priest, Leonard "Lexington" Filipowski may finally see his day in court. Wednesday marked the first day of a yearlong window in which sexual abuse survivors in New York can file claims against their abuser — regardless of when the abuse took place — as part of New York’s Child Victims Act. Credit: Newsday / Morgan Campbell