SACRAMENTO (CA)
ChurchMilitant
October 14, 2019
By Bradley Eli, M.Div., Ma.Th.
Stephen Brady: ‘Los Angeles archdiocese will be one of the biggest hit in the country’
California just became the sixth state to drop its statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse.
The law signed on Sunday by California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom gives all victims of childhood sexual abuse a three-year period beginning Jan. 1 to file lawsuits. Following that period, the new law will extend the age limit of the victim filing from 26 to 40 and the time limit of when the abuse is discovered to when the case is filed from three to five years.
Church Militant reached out to Stephen Brady, head of watchdog organization Roman Catholic Faithful, on the impact this law will have on the Church in California.
“This situation in California will make New York and other states that passed similar laws look like small-time cases,” remarked Brady. He then explained:
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