Judge halts proceedings in church sex abuse cases
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -
A judge halted proceedings in nearly three dozen sex abuse lawsuits filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh until the state Supreme Court issues an opinion regarding Pennsylvania's statute of limitations.
Allegheny County Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. did not rule on the diocese's request to dismiss the 35 sex-abuse cases, but did grant the diocese's request to halt the proceedings on May 21.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs objected to the stay because it allows the diocese to not turn over records related to the cases.
A panel of Superior Court judges in March ruled that Pennsylvania's two-year statute of limitations on personal injury lawsuits generally prohibits people allegedly molested by clergy decades ago from suing now.
Read the article at AP Wire Dated May 25, 2005
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A judge halted proceedings in nearly three dozen sex abuse lawsuits filed against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh until the state Supreme Court issues an opinion regarding Pennsylvania's statute of limitations.
Allegheny County Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. did not rule on the diocese's request to dismiss the 35 sex-abuse cases, but did grant the diocese's request to halt the proceedings on May 21.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs objected to the stay because it allows the diocese to not turn over records related to the cases.
A panel of Superior Court judges in March ruled that Pennsylvania's two-year statute of limitations on personal injury lawsuits generally prohibits people allegedly molested by clergy decades ago from suing now.
Read the article at AP Wire Dated May 25, 2005
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