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• Maryland Clergy Abuse Lawsuits May Be Permitted If Law Passed To Extend Statute of Limitations

  December 27, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  Maryland is considering a new law to ignore statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse lawsuits for two years, but the move is opposed by the Catholic Church.

• Hundreds of Sexual Abuse Incidents Linked to Baltimore Archdiocese, Maryland AG Investigation Reveals

  December 2, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  The Maryland Attorney General wants court permission to release a report which could show evidence of hundreds of cases of child sexual abuse involving the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

• Catholic Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Filed In Louisiana After State Suspends Statute of Limitation For Previously Expired Claims

  March 11, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A Catholic child sex abuse lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Baton Rouge claims a man was sexually assaulted as a teen by a former priest who passed away in 2000, thanks to a recent Louisiana law which temporarily waives the statute of limitations in these cases.

• Baltimore Clergy Abuse Claim Results in Investigation by Archdiocese, Suspension of Priest

  February 2, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A Baltimore-area Catholic priest has been suspended from his duties amid sexual abuse allegations dating back to the 1970s.

• Buffalo Diocese Clergy Abuse Lawsuits Accuse 230 Priests In Western New York

  August 27, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Hundreds of Catholic priests are named in child sexual abuse lawsuits filed in western New York over the last two years, according to a new report.

• Systemic Problems At PA Dept. of State Caused Delay in New Sex Abuse Statute of Limitations Law: Report

  May 28, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A report indicates the Pennsylvania Department of State failed to properly advertise a proposed state constitutional amendment to change child sexual abuse statute of limitation laws due to systemic failures in the process.

• Extension for Child Sex Abuse Statute of Limitations in Pennsylvania Urged By Survivors, Advocates

  April 21, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Victims of child sex abuse rallied in Pennsylvania on Monday, calling for passage of a bill which would extend their ability to file sex abuse lawsuits over incidents which occurred when they were children.

• Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Claims Tucson Was “Dumping Ground” For Predatory Catholic Priests

  April 6, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit filed in Arizona accuses the Archdiocese of Los Angeles of racketeering charges, claiming it shifted sexually predatory priests who abused children to Arizona to avoid the law.

• Pennsylvania Child Sexual Abuse Statute of Limitations Referendum May Reach Voters This Spring

  February 15, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Pennsylvania lawmakers have proposed an emergency constitutional amendment to temporarily suspend the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse lawsuits after an error which would have prevented the issue from being on the ballot this spring.

• Lawsuit Accuses Connecticut Priest of Sexually Assaulting Altar Boy During Sister’s Wedding

  February 1, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A deceased priest and a the Roman Catholic diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, are the subject of a lawsuit alleging a nine-year-old altar boy was raped at his own sister's wedding.