ERIA (PA)
Erie Times News
March 27, 2019
Victims of sexual abuse in Pennsylvania can bring a lawsuit against their attackers until they’re 50-years-old under the current statute of limitations.
Last year, a bill that would open a two-year window for victims over the age of 50 to bring civil suits for their abuse passed in the Pennsylvania House, but stalled late in the year in the Senate.
This, after the recommendations for just such a law from PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro after the release of the grand jury report on predator priests in Pennsylvania.
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