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Former Baltimore County state senator, now lobbyist hired by Maryland Catholic Conference, shamefully no longer supports survivors of sexual abuse.

Kudos to The Sun for uncovering how much the Catholic Church is willing to spend to protect itself from having to compensate victims of child sexual abuse.

Legislation that would give childhood victims of sexual abuse a chance to sue their abusers, regardless of when it happened, has got the support of a key Maryland state senator.

For years, the three Roman Catholic dioceses operating parishes in Maryland have successfully lobbied lawmakers to keep sexual abuse survivors from filing lawsuits against the church, a Baltimore Sun review of lobbying records shows.

In 2017, lobbying records show the dioceses hired Venable, Maryland’s largest law firm, to influence portions of a bill lawmakers approved to expand the civil statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse claims to 20 years past the age of adulthood.