HARRISBURG (PA)
Capital Star
Oct. 3, 2019
By Elizabeth Hardison
Victim advocates testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
It’s been nearly a year since the Pennsylvania state Senate failed to vote on a bill that would have given the victims of “predator priests” a two-year window to sue their abusers and the churches where they worked.
The question of whether or not to reform Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations for child abuse victims, or to create a pathway for adult victims to seek legal redress for decades-old cases, returned to the forefront of the chamber on Wednesday.
That’s when the Senate Judiciary Committee heard five hours of testimony from legal experts, church representatives, and sexual abuse survivors .
Bills in the House and Senate would implement the recommendations made in a grand jury report released in 2018 by Attorney General Josh Shaprio, which uncovered a decades-long pattern of abuse and coverups in Pennsylvania’s Catholic churches.
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