COLUMBUS (OH)
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6/29/2005 9:49:17 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court today agreed to consider if a man waited too long to sue the Archdiocese of Cincinnati claiming it failed to stop a priest he says abused him as a boy.
The law says lawsuits over sexual abuse of a minor must be filed within one year after reaching age 18. Negligence claims must be filed within two years.
But the unnamed victim says the time limit should start counting from 2002.
That's when he learned were other victims and the church knew about them.
A Shelby County appeals court agreed.