A movement to revive the legal rights of older sexual abuse survivors
in Pennsylvania is gaining momentum in Harrisburg in the wake of new
charges that Catholic Church officials conspired to hide sexual
predators in their midst.
Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, has been fighting for four years to pass legislation that would create a two-year window for sexual abuse survivors to file lawsuits against pedophiles and the institutions that harbored them, no matter how long ago they suffered the abuse. The current law in Pennsylvania requires victims to file civil lawsuits by age 30 and criminal charges by age 50.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-pa-clergy-abuse-reform-constitutionality-20160326-story.html
Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, has been fighting for four years to pass legislation that would create a two-year window for sexual abuse survivors to file lawsuits against pedophiles and the institutions that harbored them, no matter how long ago they suffered the abuse. The current law in Pennsylvania requires victims to file civil lawsuits by age 30 and criminal charges by age 50.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-pa-clergy-abuse-reform-constitutionality-20160326-story.html