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Posted On: November 1, 2012 by Christopher T. Hurley
An article entitled, Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy: Statute of Limitations and Repose Challenges, written by Christopher T. Hurley and Mark R. McKenna, was recently published in the November 2012 issue of the Illinois Bar Journal. The article discusses a recent Illinois Appellate Court decision in a clergy sex abuse case and its implications for attorneys of child sex abuse victims.
In Wisniewski v. Diocese of Belleville, the Illinois Appellate Court held that a Catholic Diocese’s fraudulent concealment of abuse by its priest tolled the statutes of limitation and repose. In other words, a now middle-aged victim of child sex abuse could still bring his claim against the diocese, even though a great deal of time had passed since the abuse, because the diocese prevented the man from discovering the abuse.
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