Great news in IL! Civil SOL elim passes Senate by huge margins!
Great news on the civil sol! Note the margins — HB1063 criminal passes house 104-0. SB1399 civil passes senate 48-4.
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MN Religious Council fighting SOL reform in MN–what happened to helping the downtrodden
Lobbyist in MN is the MN Religious Council. They must have lots of funds to be able to deflect efforts from the poor and downtrodden to fight child sex abuse survivors in state legislature. Talk about having lost your way. Here’s the registered lobbyist that are fighting us in MN: Associations / Lobbyists Registered With Minnesota Campaign […]
ILLINOIS! IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT TO ATTEND TO BEFORE 4 PM WED. (4/24)
SB1399 MAY COME BEFORE SENATE JUDICIARY COM. TOMORROW AT 4 PM AS WE ARE TOLD BELOW. PLEASE CALL ALL MEMBERS AND ASK THEM TO PLEASE VOTE YES ON SB 1399 AMENDMENT #3. ( I KNOW SOME OF US HAVE CALLED THESE SENATORS BEFORE BUT NOT AS IT IS NOW WITH AMENDMENT #3 WHICH IS SUPPOSEDLY […]
Child sex abusers must be punished
Four years ago, I wrote to state legislators in support of the Child Victims’ Act legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, D-Queens. At the time, the proposed legislation would have merely extended the statute of limitations for reporting childhood sexual abuse by five years. I found it disturbing that all involved in the lobby effort were working […]
NY State Considering Removing Age Limit For Victims Of Child Abuse To File Civil Suits
Under current New York State law, victims of child abuse must file civil suits before they turn 23, but under legislation being considered in Albany, that age limit would be eliminated. NY1’s Zack Fink filed the following report. For Michael Desantis, the abuse took place within the Catholic Church when he was a child. […]
Bryson v. Diocese of Camden, Civ. A. No. 12–499 (JBS–KMW) , 2013 WL 1501795 (D. N.J Apr. 21, 2013)
upholding the Magistrate Judge’s ruling of limited discovery for the parties’ upcoming Lopez hearing because discovery for preliminary hearings is meant to be limited and the Magistrate’s decision was neither an abuse of discretion nor “clearly erroneous.”
Fingers crossed for MN sol reform!
Legislature Nears Vote On Removing Time Limits For Abuse Victims To Sue ST. PAUL, Minn. — As the state Legislature nears a vote on a controversial bill that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue, a new book chronicles the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, including some key characters and […]
ALERT for survivors and friends and families of survivors in NY
There will be a Friends and Family Day in Albany in support of the Child Victims Act in June. Survivors–please encourage your parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends to participate. Friends and families–please join us in June to meet with every member of the New York state legislature in support of the Child Victims Act […]