Iowa SOL Bill renamed SF2109
Updated Professor Hamilton Testimony to reflect bill name change from SB 3112 to SF 2109
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02/08/13: Hawaii Action Alert
Hawaii Action Alert Both new SOL bills passed the relevant committee on Fri. SB 2678 permanently extends the civil SOL to age 55, retroactively. SB 2678 was amended to delete “gross” from gross negligence, which was good! HB 2034 eliminates the civil and crim SOLs for sexual assault Hawaii residents- ask your senator to support […]
This is a sad reminder: Adults abused as children have a much higher rate of suicide than the general population
Marcus misses the most important point. Had he had counseling; had the adults around him stopped his abuse; and later had he had access to justice, he would have been less likely to be locked into his cycle of working through his abuse through porn. Untreated children may turn into victimizers but those who get […]
February 2014 Update – Making CVA the Law in New York State
With a new year, we have put a busy new schedule in place to move the Child Victims Act of New York into law during the current session of the New York State Legislature. Here is an update on what is coming up in the next few months.
02/07/14: Testimony Before House Committee on Judiciary on H.B. 2034
Re: Hawaii H.B. 2034 (Eliminates the civil and criminal statutes of limitations for victims of sexual assault in the first and second degree and continuous sexual assault of a minor under the age of fourteen years)
Beyond The Letter of the Law
Moving statement by Yeshiva U survivor
Roland C. Summit, M.D., The Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome, Child Abuse & Neglect Vol 7, pp. 177 – 193, (1983)
The Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome This article appeared in Child Abuse & Neglect Vol 7, pp. 177 – 193, 1983. Printed in the USA. All reserved. It is reproduced here with the publisher’s kind permission. Copyright C 1983 Pergamon Press Ltd By Roland C. Summit, M.D. Head Physician, Community Consultation Service, Clinical Assistant Professor […]
UN backs SOL reform and victims’ access to justice!
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child released a scathing evaluation of the Vatican’s policies toward sexual abuse, homosexuality and abortion.
When ‘He Wasn’t Convicted’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Innocent’
It’s obviously not my place to say if Woody Allen is guilty or not. But when the charge is child sex abuse, “he wasn’t convicted” hardly means “innocent.”
The law vs. child sex abuse victims (NY Daily News)
We don’t know whether Dylan Farrow is telling the truth about Woody Allen, but we do know that the cards are stacked against survivors