PENNSYLVANIA
Reading Eagle
By Liam Migdail-Smith
As state senators mull possible changes to a proposed overhaul of Pennsylvania’s child sexual abuse laws, victims groups are ratcheting up their calls to preserve what they say is the most important part of the plan.
Specifically, supporters of the plan want to see it include a provision that would allow victims to move forward with now-expired lawsuits against their abusers and organizations that shield them.
The calls come after reports Wednesday that the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to remove that part of the bill and replace it with a provision to give victims a way around the limits if they can prove an extreme cover-up.
John Salveson, founder of the Delaware County-based Foundation to Abolish Child Sex Abuse, said Thursday that move would be more window dressing than substance.
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