Pennsylvania public schools - its districts and personnel - are for the most part immune from civil lawsuits.
It has for decades been a sticking point with the Catholic Church, which, under public and legal scrutiny for harboring known predator priests, has pointed to the Commonwealth's sovereign immunity as a double standard in its argument against reforming laws.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2016/04/statute_of_limitations_ron_mar_2.html
It has for decades been a sticking point with the Catholic Church, which, under public and legal scrutiny for harboring known predator priests, has pointed to the Commonwealth's sovereign immunity as a double standard in its argument against reforming laws.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2016/04/statute_of_limitations_ron_mar_2.html