SOL WINDOW NOW OPEN (2013-2016)
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Previously Introduced Legislation
Passed in 2013:
Minnesota Child Victims Act
Elizabeth Mohr, Archdiocese of the Twin Cities asks court to reduce window for victims to file claims, St. Paul Pioneer Press
/in Minnesota, MN Post Window /by SOL ReformUnconstitutional for fed BR to unilaterally alter state SOLs
Damien Cronin, Local View: Catholic Church must confront legacy of abuse, Duluth News Tribune
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformLocal View: Catholic Church must confront legacy of abuse
Tom Corrigan, Minnesota Archdiocese, Abuse Victims at Odds Over Claims Deadline, Wall Street Journal
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformA Minnesota bankruptcy judge agreed to give the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse more time to negotiate the terms of a settlement, but the two sides remain at odds of over the proposed deadline by which victims must file claims in order to be compensated. […]
Fmr. School Worker Pleads Guilty To Child Sex Abuse
/in Minnesota, MN Post Window /by SOL ReformSOLs mean some victims get justice and some none
Brian Roewe, Twin Cities archdiocese reopens case of priest accused of sex abuse, National Catholic Reporter
/in Minnesota, MN Post Window /by SOL ReformThe St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese has reopened the case of a retired priest accused of sexual abuse in the 1970s it has already twice cleared of sexual misconduct.
Douglas McLeod, Minnesota law extends sexual abuse filing window, puts pressure on archdiocese, Business Insurance
/in Minnesota /by SOL Reforminstitutions are only concerned if they let children be put at risk and there are lots of victims. And legislators should protect them because….?
Madeleine Baran, Priest sex abuse lawsuit settlement reached in Twin Cities, Winona, MPR News
/in Minnesota, MN Post Window /by SOL ReformMore good developments for protection of kids from SOL reform in MN
Ex-deputy suggested archbishop resign, Mankato Free Press
/in Minnesota /by SOL ReformBottled up cases let loose through SOL reform and accountability starts
Minnesota Child Victim’s Act generates nearly 40 lawsuits, church reforms, Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune
/in Delay, Minnesota, MN Post Window, Resources /by SOL ReformMore than 40 lawsuits have been filed since then under the new Minnesota Child Victim’s Act, implicating at least 30 Catholic priests in child sex crimes.
Suits allege St. John’s Abbey monk abused 2 ‘cabin kids’
/in Minnesota, MN Post Window /by SOL ReformThe clergy sex abuse lawsuit against the Twin Cities archdiocese headed northwest Monday, when documents related to child abuse by five monks at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., were released and a lawsuit was filed to pry open the abbey’s files. The letters and internal memos were among the thousands of pages of documents the Archdiocese […]
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)