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27 August 2016

Catholic Church Groups Fight Bills To Revive Old Sex Abuse Cases

It's important to say right upfront that this isn't a story about pedophile priests. Bridie Farrell is Roman Catholic, but she says it was an adult mentor for her sports team, not a priest, who sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager.
"It happened at his house, in his car, in his hotel room," Farrell says. Farrell did what a lot of kids do when they're molested: She kept silent. But 18 years later, when she was 31 years old, she went public with her story.

http://news.wabe.org/post/catholic-church-groups-fight-bills-revive-old-sex-abuse-cases