MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
by Madeleine Baran, Minnesota Public Radio
May 8, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would allow lawsuits against churches, schools and other organizations that may have covered up child sexual abuse decades ago.
The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 66-0. A similar bill overwhelmingly passed the House last week. Katharine Tinucci, a spokeswoman for Gov. Mark Dayton, said in an email that she “expects he will sign it.”
The Child Victims Act would drop the statute of limitations for civil suits involving child sexual abuse going forward. For older cases, it would create a three-year window for past victims to file lawsuits against abusers and institutions that may have failed to protect them.
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