22 HOURS AGO • THE SOUTHERN State Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, is backing legislation to remove the statute of limitations on sexual assaults on minors. The current law requires prosecution for criminal sexual abuse of a minor must begin within one year of the victim turning 18 years old. The Bradley backed House Bill 1063 removes the […]
Illinois lawmakers are taking action to increase prosecution of child sexual abuse. The state is looking to do away with the statute of limitations for sex crimes against children. Right now, prosecution of those crimes has to start within a year of the victim’s 18th birthday. But a measure sailing through the legislature would open […]
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MARTINEZ — The civil case of Kristen Cunnane against the Moraga School District and three former administrators may come down to statute of limitations arguments. On Friday, Cunnane’s attorneys argued in a Martinez courtroom that Cunnane failed to sue the district until years after her sexual abuse by a teacher ended because she only learned […]
Just after noon on Monday, Lauren Book is scheduled to talk to a group of Manatee County residents about how she survived six years of sexual, physical and emotional abuse from her former nanny. She will talk about her childhood nightmare again later that day when she appears at Manatee Glens as part of the […]
Mass. Sen. Will Brownsberger outlined his plans to pass a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sexual abuse during the coming months of the congressional session. “Victims of childhood sexual abuse often take decades to realize what has really happened to them, we need to have a statute of […]
Marci Hamilton, a Cardozo Law School professor who represents a man who says he was abused by convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky, was among the victim advocates who blasted NBC and the “Today” show on Monday for broadcasting excerpts of an interview with the former Penn State defensive coordinator. Here is the statement they sent to […]
Saying the net effect would be exposing child sexual abuse and its hidden perpetrators, state Reps.Michael P. McGeehan, D-Phila., and Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, this week rallied support for their amendments to establish a window for filing civil lawsuits in cases where that ability has legally expired.McGeehan and Rozzi said many child predators and the institutions that […]
Press Release: March 21, 2013 In shocking video testimony, accused predator priest admits to molesting dozens. Unabated by his church superiors Father Gerald Funcheon was moved around the country Children in 14 different schools, camps and military installations in 8 states and Germany and Spain were blatantly put at risk. View Entire Press Release as […]
(Honolulu, Hawaii) At a news conference on 3/20/13 in Honolulu, attorneys presented gripping video testimony of predator priest Father Gerald Allen Funcheon admitting the sexual abuse of children during 40 years of assignments in Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota, Florida, Texas, Hawaii, California, on military bases in the United States and Germany and during travels to Spain.