SACRAMENTO (CA)
Associated Press via KUSI-TV
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October 18, 2019
A new California law approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom will open the door to more civil lawsuits from the survivors of child sex abuse.
Three women who say they were abused by a Catholic priest in San Diego are using that law to take legal action.
This is newly possible because the law that Gov. Gavin Newsom approved on Sunday gives victims of childhood sexual abuse until age 40, up from age 26, to file lawsuits. It also gives victims of all ages three years to sue, starting Jan. 1.
More than 400 lawsuits were filed in New York state in August on just the first day that state opened a one-year window for victims to sue. New York and New Jersey this year both raised their statutes of limitations to age 55, with New Jersey’s law taking effect in December.
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