When Pope Francis makes his first visit to the U.S. this month, he
will find that wounds from the U.S. Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal
have not yet healed.
Those tensions are being played out in courtrooms and state legislatures, where the church is using its legal and political clout to oppose bills that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse. A statute of limitations forbids prosecutors or plaintiffs from taking legal action after a certain number of years.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/10/victims-of-clergy-sex-abuse-say-church-stands-in-way-of-justice.html
Those tensions are being played out in courtrooms and state legislatures, where the church is using its legal and political clout to oppose bills that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of child sex abuse. A statute of limitations forbids prosecutors or plaintiffs from taking legal action after a certain number of years.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/10/victims-of-clergy-sex-abuse-say-church-stands-in-way-of-justice.html