The Catholic Church has spent at least $10.6 million lobbying against legislation that gives sexual abuse victims more time to seek justice in courts and thats in the Northeast alone, according to a new report.

Church funds have gone toward attempts to oppose statute-of-limitations reform in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island between 2011 and 2018, the report released by four law firms on Tuesday suggested.

The law firms Williams Cedar, Seeger Weiss, Abraham Watkins, and Simpson Tuegel have collectively represented more than 300 survivors of clerical sexual abuse across the country. They obtained the data about the churchs lobbying efforts from public filings.

Gerald Williams, a partner at Williams Cedar, said the churchs lobbying contradict its promises to prioritize victims and take accountability for clerical sexual abuse.

Weve heard a lot about the churchs desire to be accountable and turn over a new leaf, Williams told CBS. But when we turn to the form where we can most help people and where we can get the most justice the courts of justice the church has been there blocking their efforts.