Pa. House to take up sex-abuse law to expand victims' rights

HARRISBURG - With only days remaining in the legislative session, the Pennsylvania House intends to rewrite and send back to the Senate a contested child sex abuse bill that would give victims the right to sue for decades-old abuses, officials said Tuesday.

The plan by Republican House leaders repudiates the work of GOP Senate counterparts who had gutted a House bill with a retroactive lawsuit provision opposed by the Catholic Church and insurance lobbyists.

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