Dioceses, Victims' Lawyers Try Mediation

Dioceses, Victims’ Lawyers To Try Mediation

Dioceses Face Potential Lawsuits. Roman Catholic dioceses in Southern California have won a reprieve in more than 100 potential lawsuits by alleged victims of priest sexual abuse, even as a new law took effect Wednesday giving plaintiffs more time to sue the church. Lawyers for purported victims in Los Angeles and Orange counties agreed […]

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The law that took effect Wednesday lifts the statute of limitations on sexual abuse cases for one year. It involves suits to be filed against churches or other institutions accused of continuing to employ known molesters who went on to abuse other victims — regardless of when the abuse took place.

Under previous law, people alleging childhood sexual abuse had either until their 26th birthday or three years after discovering emotional problems linked to childhood molestation, to take legal action. The new law requires that any lawsuits be filed this year.

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