Abuse amendment gets second go | News, Sports, Jobs
Capitolwire HARRISBURG — A Senate committee moved quickly Monday to start the second round needed to pass a state constitutional amendment to open a two-year retroactive window for lawsuits by child abuse survivors. The Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve Senate Bill 8, which addresses fallout from a 2018 statewide grand jury report that examined decades of child sexual abuse and cover-ups in six Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania. The proposed amendment provides for a two-year period where victims can bring civil lawsuits against alleged abusers in older cases where the statut...
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