SOL WINDOW NOW OPEN (2013-2016)
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Previously Introduced Legislation
Passed in 2013:
Minnesota Child Victims Act
Adam Uren, Just 100 days left to file child sex abuse lawsuits before deadline, Bring Me the News
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformJust 100 days left to file child sex abuse lawsuits before deadline
Press Release: Hamilton James Legal
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformPress Release: Hamilton James Legal
Esme Murphy, Clergy Abuse Victims Call For Others To Come Forward, CBS
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformSurvivors, unite.
Archdiocese charges could jeopardize victim payouts, Associated Press
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformLawyers for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are warning that criminal charges against the corporation could jeopardize insurance coverage that’s being counted on to pay some claims of victims of clergy abuse. The archdiocese faces multiple counts for allegedly failing to protect victims from a former St. Paul priest. Archdiocese insurers were already […]
Amy Forliti, St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese hit with criminal charges over handling of clergy abuse claim, Comox Valley Echo
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformProsecutors on Friday charged a Roman Catholic Archdiocese over its handling of clergy abuse claims, saying church leaders failed to protect children from unspeakable harm and “turned a blind eye” to repeated reports of inappropriate behaviour by a priest who was later convicted of molesting two boys. The archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis as […]
Latest on Hastert: Friend: Reinboldt ‘nicest, kindest soul’, 2 News
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformA high school friend of Stephen Reinboldt, the man whose family says was sexually abused by former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert, says he was “the nicest, kindest soul.” Pam Snell was a cheerleader when Reinboldt was the equipment manager for the wrestling team at Yorkville High School in Illinois. She remembers traveling with Reinboldt […]
Ben Brumfield, Minnesota Catholic archdiocese charged in sex abuse, CNN
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformA Catholic archdiocese with a landmark legal legacy in child sexual abuse now faces criminal complaints in its handling of them. In 1983, attorney Jeff Anderson filed a civil case of priest sexual abuse of minors against a U.S. archdiocese in St. Paul, Minnesota. It opened a floodgate of victims who came forward with clergy […]
Archdiocese charged for ‘failing to protect children’, Kare
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformBreaking News: MN County Attorney charges Archdiocese with gross misdemeanors
Jean Hopfensperger, Minnesota Child Victims Act continues to rock Catholic Church, Star Tribune
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformMinnesota Child Victims Act continues to rock Catholic Church
Judge might shorten window for clergy abuse claims, Crux
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformJudge might shorten window for clergy abuse claims
03/06/13: Testimony on Minnesota Senate Bill 534 and House Bill 681
/in Minnesota, Testimony: Minnesota /by SOL ReformRE: Hearing on Minnesota Senate Bill 534 and House Bill 681, Sexual abuse civil actions limitation period modification (Wednesday, March 6, 2013 – 8:15AM)