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Child sex abuse law reform moves to Pa. Senate: Why some stakeholders are optimistic this time Updated Apr 07, 2021; Posted Apr 07, 2021 Rep. Jim Gregory, R-Blair, (left) and Rep. Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, have yet again spearheaded a bill in the Legislature that once again attempts to reform Pennsylvanias statute of limitations. The measure now moves to the Senate. Facebook Share Efforts to reform Pennsylvania’s child sex crimes law have long been a moving target. For years, victims of child se...

WHYY By Mark ScolforoApril 6, 2021 Carolyn Fortney, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of her familys Roman Catholic parish priest as a child, awaits legislation in the Pennsylvania Capitol to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo) The state House of Representatives showed solid support Tuesday for enacting a two-year lawsuit window for child victims of sexual abuse as a re...

Nearly all House Democrats voted yes, while the majority Republican caucus was closely divided. A proposal by Rep. Brett Miller, R-Lancaster, would have delayed implementation of the bill unless and until the constitutional amendment is enacted. Miller said he wanted to “advance the issues of the people” while also defending the constitutions legal protections for defendants. It was defeated by a vote of 64-137. “All this is doing is delaying justice to the survivors of this commonwealth ...

Pa. House vote signals support for bill allowing child sex abuse victims to file lawsuits as adults Updated 9:03 AM; HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House of Representatives showed solid support Tuesday for enacting a two-year lawsuit window for child victims of sexual abuse as a regular bill, two weeks after the Legislature gave its first round of approval to a similar constitutional amendment. The 148 to 53 vote set the table for a final vote in the chamber, and if the House gives its fin...

By Mark Scolforo | Associated Press • 19 hours ago In this file photo from Oct. 17, 2018, survivors of child sexual abuse hug in the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. while awaiting legislation to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. Marc Levy / AP The state House of Representatives showed solid support Tuesday for enacting a two-year lawsuit window for child victims of sexual abuse as a regular bill, two ...

Vote signals support for child sex abuse window in bill form MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House of Representatives showed solid support Tuesday for enacting a two-year lawsuit window for child victims of sexual abuse as a regular bill, two weeks after the Legislature gave its first round of approval to a similar constitutional amendment. The 148 to 53 vote set the table for a final vote in the chamber, and if the House gives its final ...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers on Monday launched a rarely used emergency process to amend the state constitution, advancing a proposal that would give v

Pa. lawmakers have days to help child sex abuse survivors after Wolf team’s blunder | John Baer Updated Mar 11, 2021; Pennsylvania lawmakers need to correct the egregious injustice state government has dealt to survivors of child sex abuse. Such injustice dates back decades during which the legislature held survivors at arm’s length, often offering abject neglect. The administration, specifically the Department of State, which oversees elections, blew that bridge up by neglecting to proper...

Courtesy of Dougherty / Keystone Crossroads The news that Pennsylvania had screwed up the process for putting a constitutional amendment before voters that would allow victims of decades-old sexual abuse to sue hit Jay Sefton hard. He had let himself hope that things were finally about to change. “[It] was a real dark wave that came over,” said Sefton, now a therapist in Massachusetts, who says he was abused by a priest in Havertown in 1985. When the Pennsylvania Department of State ...

This movement for change, a rare American cause around which many on the left and right unite, does not play out on paper, but in real human lives - the hearts, minds and captive bodies of defendants, and the prospects for their families and communities, which both crime and misguided justice policies harm. In a country governed by the rule of law and founded on the yet-unrealized promise of equal justice, it is not something we can afford to botch. Take Carl Knight, who shares his story in an ...