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A report stemming from a 1 1/2-year state investigation is giving insight into the sobering extent of child sex abuse by dozens of clergy in North Dakota over a span of decades. Mike McCleary
In the late 1960s or early 70s, the Rev. Armour Roberts drove three boys from Bismarck to New Leipzig to visit another priest, the Rev. John Owens.
The men mixed cocktails for the boys, and the boys high school freshmen drank until they were drunk. One passed out and later awoke with Owens standing over him, partially naked and inappropriately touching him. Owens had already molested another boy. Roberts was in an upstairs room with the third boy.
North Dakota House rejects expanding statute of limitations for child sex abuse
“These bills were all about giving victims of child abuse hope. Hope after a life of hell,” said the bills main sponsor, Rep. Austen Schauer, R-West Fargo, before Friday s House vote. Written By: C.S. Hagen | ×
Rep. Austen Schauer speaking before a legislative committee on one of three bills aimed at changing statute of limitation laws on Feb. 3. Jeremy Turley / The Forum
BISMARCK North Dakota lawmakers rejected three bills that would expand the statute of limitations for civil and criminal actions in childhood sexual abuse cases.
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the House Judiciary Committee gave all the bills do not pass recommendations, and on Friday, Feb. 12, the bills failed to pass on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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A new national survey showing 65 percent of Americans see attorney advertising as annoying and an attempt to take advantage of consumers seems to be resonating with legal observers in Louisiana.
A new state law authored by state Sen. Patrick Connick (R-Marrero) attempted to reduce misleading claims in attorney advertising, but the Louisiana Supreme Court has yet to follow through and toughen rules on such ads. SB 115 urges attorneys who mention previous damages awards and settlements in their ads to also include how much was taken out for lawyer fees.
“We certainly don’t need more trial lawyer advertising in Louisiana,” Lana Venable, executive director of Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch, told the
North Dakota bill aims to extend time for abuse victims to file claims
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Several adult victims of child sexual abuse appealed to lawmakers in emotional testimony Wednesday to back legislation that would give survivors more time to sue their alleged perpetrators for crimes that could date back decades.
BISMARCK, North Dakota Several adult victims of child sexual abuse appealed to lawmakers in emotional testimony Wednesday to back legislation that would give survivors more time to sue their alleged perpetrators for crimes that could date back decades.
The bipartisan legislation, HB 1382, would provide a two-year window to suspend the statute of limitations to file claims against alleged abusers or institutions that protected them.