Pa. Court Nixes Church Sex Abuse Lawsuit
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --
A state appeals court delivered a stinging setback to alleged victims of clergy abuse by ruling that 17 adults who said they were molested by priests as children waited too long to sue.
A three-judge panel of the Superior Court said Monday that even if officials of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia were guilty of "inexcusable conduct," they were protected by Pennsylvania's strict statute of limitations, which generally requires lawsuits in such cases to be filed within two years.
One of the cases dates back to 1957, and the most recent alleges abuse in 1983.
Read the article at ABC News dated Mar 15, 2005
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A state appeals court delivered a stinging setback to alleged victims of clergy abuse by ruling that 17 adults who said they were molested by priests as children waited too long to sue.
A three-judge panel of the Superior Court said Monday that even if officials of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia were guilty of "inexcusable conduct," they were protected by Pennsylvania's strict statute of limitations, which generally requires lawsuits in such cases to be filed within two years.
One of the cases dates back to 1957, and the most recent alleges abuse in 1983.
Read the article at ABC News dated Mar 15, 2005
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