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The recent amendments to Maryland’s Child Victims Act, unveiled in a month dedicated to child abuse prevention awareness — April — are deeply troubling. The legislation curtails the state ...
The fight to pause the Child Victims Act continues as survivors of child sexual abuse call for more to come forth. Twenty-one survivors stood at War Memorial Plaza in Annapolis, raising their ...
The Diocese of Buffalo agreed to pay $150 million to settle over 800 claims of sexual abuse, sources confirmed to WIVB News 4 on Monday. The settlement follows years ...
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A bill proposing changes to the Child Victims Act is on the way to Governor Wes Moore’s desk. The Child Victims Act of 2023 removed the statute of limitations for filing ...
The state attorney general and AARP have joined in on the lawsuits to attempt to recover pension funds for the 1,100 workers ...
Maryland's Child Victims Act was made into law in October 2023, which eliminated the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse cases. About 3,500 alleged victims have filed lawsuits against the ...
The New York State Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday as former St. Clare’s Hospital workers seek to recover their ...
In the process, it rejected numerous appellate court rulings that held section 11(b) should be applied with greater flexibility in cases brought under the Child Victims Act, on the ground that ...
Statute of limitations laws, however, prevented Copperman’s accusers from filing lawsuits until passage of New York’s Child ...
Bishop Edward Scharfenberger in an April 7 letter said the planning initiative is focused on evangelization and better ...