Zirkin turned his back on child abuse victims | READER COMMENTARY
Former Baltimore County state senator, now lobbyist hired by Maryland Catholic Conference, shamefully no longer supports survivors of sexual abuse.
Source: baltimoresun.com
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Church hires lobbyists to limit damages in child abuse cases | READER COMMENTARY
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.
Source: baltimoresun.com
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Maryland state senator signals support for bill Catholic church lobbied against, giving hope to childhood abuse survivors
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.
Source: baltimoresun.com
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Catholic church paid Maryland lobbyists more than $200K to help limit, prevent abuse lawsuits
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.
Source: baltimoresun.com
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Catholic church paid Maryland lobbyists to help limit, prevent abuse lawsuits. Archbishop is former CT bishop.
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.
Source: courant.com