ATLANTA (GA)
Christian Post
March 12, 2018
By Michael Gryboski
A Roman Catholic archdiocese has come out against a bill in the Georgia legislature that would, among other things, expand the opportunities for victims of sex abuse to file lawsuits, arguing that if enacted it could “drastically damage” their ministries.
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the head of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, released a statement of opposition last week to Georgia’s House Bill 605.
Published by the Archdiocese’s official publication The Georgia Bulletin, Gregory listed multiple objections to the bill, including a concern over HB 605’s expansion of the statute of limitations for sex abuse cases.
“HB 605 would allow lawsuits against churches, private schools, businesses and non-profit organizations for actions asserted to have occurred many decades ago, potentially as far back as the 1940s, and the accused are very often deceased,” argued Gregory.
“Recognizing that these lawsuits can be very difficult if not impossible to defend, and risking grave injustice, the vast majority of states simply do not permit them.”
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