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Wednesday, April 05, 2017

New Bill Allows Child Sex Abuse Victims To Sue Abusers

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — A Maryland delegate’s personal story of being abused as a child is helping to push through new legislation that may make it easier for victims to sue abusers.

Ava-joye Burnett tells us the bill which had opposition for years, finally received majority support in Annapolis.

Victims of child sex abuse will now have up to the age of 38 to file a lawsuit against an abuser the bill finally passed this year after a consensus was reached with the catholic church.

The stigma of being sexually abused as a child is a battle this Maryland lawmaker says he knows all too well.

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4 comments:

  1. Catch: Only if the abuser is goy

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  2. Will this open the door to a class-action suit against the Catholic Church?

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