Entries by SOL Reform

Only a civil window will get the names to the public.

Hidden priests, secret pasts: Church silent about where it houses credibly accused clerics By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger –  Follow on Twitter on November 03, 2013 at 12:10 AM, updated November 03, 2013 at 1:19 AM The Rev. Peter Cheplic, left, allegedly molested Joe Capozzi for several years. The two are seen here on Capozzi’s 14th birthday in the early […]

We know this only because of MN window

St. Louis Archbishop Carlson implicated in child sex abuse claim in Minnesota By Jesse Bogan jbogan@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8255 St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson didn’t report a clergy sex abuse claim to police in the 1980s when he was a leader with the Roman Catholic Church in Minnesota, according to a lawsuit filed there Tuesday. And the […]

Thanks to brave 22-year-old, perp facing justice! NY needs to eliminate its criminal SOL for future victims

Brooklyn rabbi arrested in Beverly Hills on sexual abuse charges after man comes forward to allege abuse when he was 14-years-old  Rabbi Menachem Tewel, 30, was arrested Tuesday after the man – who is now 22-years-old – told police Tewel allegedly abused him in 2005 and 2006. BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND TINA MOORE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PUBLISHED: […]

NY: Oral arguments on SOL defense of abuse at YU high school

Yeshiva U. Victims Stare Down School’s Lawyers in Showdown Over $380M Suit Judge Puts Off Deciding Whether Case Can Move Forward By Paul Berger Published October 30, 2013. Related Judge Deals Setback to Ex-Students Suing Yeshiva for $380M Over Sex Abuse Claims Former Y.U. High School Students File $380M Suit Claiming Sex Abuse Cover-Up Student Claims of […]

NJ needs window so victims can get justice

Hillsborough pastor removed from ministry over ’70s-era sex abuse allegation   By Mark Mueller/The Star-Ledger – Follow on Twitter on October 28, 2013 at 6:54 PM, updated October 29, 2013 at 6:48 AM The pastor of a Roman Catholic church in Hillsborough has been removed from ministry over allegations that he sexually abused a child in the late 1970s. […]

Int’l SOL progress!!

Victim of child sex abuse wins legal battle over compensation claim A survivor of childhood sexual abuse has won a legal battle to have her claim for criminal injuries compensation reconsidered. Her bid was earlier rejected by a tribunal which ruled it would have expected earlier disclosure of the offending but a judge held it […]

Let me get this straight — PA legislature can’t find time to vote on SOL reform for child sex abuse victims, but they have time for this? Really?!

Pennsylvania Public Schools May Soon Be Required To Display Words ‘In God We Trust’ The words “In God We Trust” may soon be displayed in all Pennsylvania public schools. A Pennsylvania bill that would require the state’s schools to display the phrase passed the House Education Committee last week in a 14-to-9 vote, according to Fox News. While proponents […]

NJ Action Alert: Hearing in Camden on Wed.

Dear SNAP members and supporters:This week a significant hearing is taking place over in Camden, NJ. The issue is whether a victim who repressed his memory should be permitted to bring a case now that he recovered the memory of the childhood sexual abuse he endured. Church officials want the case dismissed and claim he […]

More on PA sol reform

http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=517365 State Rep. Mark Rozzi said he was talking to a group after a taxpayer rally in Harrisburg last month when someone asked him what else he was up to. He told them about legislation he is co-sponsoring to raise the statute of limitations on the filing of civil suits in cases of child sexual […]