Child Victims’ Act of Pennsylvania gives survivors of childhood sexual abuse a two-year “civil window,” to file a lawsuit against their Perpetrator and the entity that protected him. To read the full text of the bill click on the link H1137.
The bill would raise the age at which an accuser could file a civil suit from 30 to 50. The bill would also suspend the civil statute of limitations for two years in child sex abuse cases, so that people over the age limit or whose Statute of Limitations has expired could file a suit.
A 2005 Philadelphia Grand Jury Report uncovered 63 priests in the Philadelphia archdiocese who had abused hundreds of children over several decades. In some cases, archdiocese leaders intentionally concealed the abuse to protect the church.
