EAST YORKSHIRE (ENGLAND)
BBC

October 16, 2017

A petition calling for a change in the law to help sex abuse victims seek compensation has been handed into Downing Street.

It comes as 249 men are suing the Roman Catholic Church over abuse claims against St William’s children’s home in East Yorkshire between 1970 and 1991.

Two of St William’s former employees were jailed last year for abusing boys.

Their victims want the current three-year limit for personal injury damages to be abolished.

More than 60,000 people have signed the petition, which was started by Darren Furness, a former resident at the home in Market Weighton, which closed in 1992.

He said: “We want the government to intervene and get rid of the three-year limitation period that’s holding the victims of St William’s back, including myself.