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The court also said that it was up to the State Legislature to revise and loosen New York's statute of limitations, one of the country's strictest. Referring to the injuries caused by these deplorable acts by priests, the court said that regrettably, many of these claims are time-barred, and absent relief from the Legislature will remain unredressed. The court cited measures in Connecticut and California that have allowed old lawsuits to move forward. The court also said that it was up to the State Legislature to revise and loosen New York's statute of limitations, one of the country's strictest. The court said that regrettably, many of these claims were time-barred, and absent relief from the Legislature would remain unredressed. Mark Furnish, who is the New York director of SNAP, said that he thought it put an incredible amount of pressure on the State Legislature to actually do something.