Remove Andy Gabel from the Speedskating Hall of Fame and Revoke his Lifetime Membership in U.S. Speedskating

Remove Andy Gabel from the Speedskating Hall of Fame and Revoke his Lifetime Membership in U.S. Speedskating http://www.change.org/petitions/u-s-olympic-speedskating-board-of-directors-remove-andy-gabel-from-the-speedskating-hall-of-fame-and-revoke-his-lifetime-membership-in-u-s-speedskating?recruiter=65435466&utm_campaign=mailto_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition#supporters Women’s Sports Foundation Petition by Women’s Sports Foundation Last week, 66 speedskaters filed a proposal asking that Andy Gabel receive a lifetime ban from US Speedskating, and that he be removed from the United States Speedskating Hall […]

Voters support SOL reform; Legislators should follow., Mai Fernandez, Hamilton and Griffin on Rights

Supporting the rights of children over those of institutions remains an uphill battle in the United States. The public understands that child abusers don’t retire, and they know that many institutions reflexively protect their reputations rather protect kids. Meanwhile, legislators lag way behind their constituents. In California, legislators ran from the committee room to avoid […]

Everyone got it wrong in Boston rabbi case, David Clohessy, SNAP

By David Clohessy I feel sorry for headline writers. I really do. They’ve got so little space to both summarize long stories AND attract readers’ attention. So I cut them lots of slack. But it’s tough to see headline writers at three news outlets get one story SO wrong as the recent one involving Boston […]

Suits allege St. John’s Abbey monk abused 2 ‘cabin kids’

The 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 […]

Lebovits Sentence: ‘A Mockery Of Justice’

Plea deal with convicted-child abuser Baruch Lebovits sends message that corruption still goes unpunished on Jay Street.

Ohio Senate Considers Bill to Extend Rape SOL

by MARC KOVAC | CAPITAL BUREAU CHIEF Published: May 20, 2014 5:47PM Columbus — Victims of rape or sexual battery could pursue criminal charges against their attackers decades after incidents occur, under legislation being considered in the Ohio Senate. Senate Bill 324 would extend the statute of limitations on such crimes if DNA analysis of evidence identifies […]

Rabbi allegedly misused funds to keep liaison with teen quiet, David Abel, Boston Globe

STOUGHTON — After allegedly starting a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male two years ago, Rabbi Barry Starr paid as much as $480,000 to buy the silence of a Milton man who professed to be the teenager’s brother and who threatened to expose the relationship, according to sworn statements released Monday in Stoughton District Court. […]

Professor Marci A. Hamilton, The Bottom Ten and the Top Ten States for Access to Civil Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims

Child abusers and their employers and enablers have benefitted for decades from state statutes of limitations (SOLs) for child sex abuse that expire before the vast majority of victims are ready to come forward. It was, until relatively recently, a constant game of “gotcha” that victims could not win. Most victims need decades to come […]

Pedophile Teacher Abused Scores as Clues Missed – ABC News

This is why we need SOL reform. Perps are persistent, compulsive, and these victims didn’t even know what was happening. Time to protect the children, not the predators.