In a surprise move Monday, a Senate
panel resurrected and then unanimously approved a controversial bill to
lift time limits for some child sex abuse victims to sue their alleged
abusers and employers who protected them.
But the bill, which is identical to Senate legislation that failed last session, would not permit victims, if they are 31 or older, to retroactively sue their perpetrators as the House had sought following scathing grand jury report into child sex abuse at a Catholic diocese in western Pennsylvania.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-child-sex-abuse-bill-vote-20170130-story.html
But the bill, which is identical to Senate legislation that failed last session, would not permit victims, if they are 31 or older, to retroactively sue their perpetrators as the House had sought following scathing grand jury report into child sex abuse at a Catholic diocese in western Pennsylvania.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-child-sex-abuse-bill-vote-20170130-story.html