Statute of Limitation dropped on child sex crimes

Statute of Limitation dropped on child sex crimes Posted: Feb 22, 2013 4:59 PM ESTUpdated: Feb 22, 2013 5:16 PM EST (KATV) Child sexual abuse is horrific, yet a common crime. Many times it takes years for the victim to come forward and it can be too late because of statute of limitation law, but that’s changing. […]

Outrageously bad IN SOL improved…..

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Senate voted 49-0 Thursday to lengthen the amount of time a criminal or civil action relating to child sex abuse can be brought. “The children deserve it, they deserve our protection,” said state Sen. Frank Mrvan, D-Hammond, the sponsor of Senate Bill 142. The current statute of limitations for a sex crime […]

Bill could take age limit out of child sex abuse statute

View article as PDF LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – The statute of limitations in Arkansas could be a thing of the past when it comes to investigating sex abuse against children. The Smith brothers from Texarkana learned Arkansas’ statute of limitations the hard way. After being sexually molested as children and then turning to the […]

Wash steps up on sol reform!

Washington looking to extend statute of limitations for child abuse State law currently allows sex abuse charges to be filed at any time if new DNA evidence is found. Without that, the crimes can be difficult to prove so many decades later. “Statute of limitations currently are archaic and predator friendly,” she said. The Senate […]

Extension of child-rape statute of limitations proposed in Washington

Senate Bill 5100 would allow rape cases involving victims younger than 18 to be prosecuted until the victim turns 30, remove the one-year reporting requirement and expand the statute of limitations for other sex crimes involving minors like child molestation and indecent liberties.

CA SOL reform led to mass release of documents about abuse

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles will soon reveal 30,000 pages of confidential personnel files without blacking out the names of the church leaders who knew about sexual abuse by priests and made key decisions on how to handle it View Full Article

CA window is reason we now know LA Archdiocese was watching short SOLs to avoid liability

Letter from Rev. Msgr. Dyer July 1992: “The willingness of the Archdiocese to expend in the neighborhood of $60,000 for treatment for Father Barmasse should be ample testimony to this pastoral approach. NO penal process was begun because, at the time of the first intervention with Father Barmasse concerning the allegations, other remedies were agreed […]

Institutions watch and benefit from SOLs. They need to be eliminated and windows need to be passed.

November 1989: Letter from Msgr. Curry to Archbishop Mahoney: “The young boy involved is now about eighteen, so [Rev] Kevin [Barmasse] should certainly not return for another two years by which time the period for filing law suits will have passed. (page 33) View Entire PDF File

Mahony’s efforts to hide abuse are deplorable but unsurprising

“The calculated moves to shield molesters in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles may not be legally actionable, but when it comes to a moral judgment, the jury is already in.” View Full Article