PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Thursday, September 29, 2005
The state Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a Superior Court ruling throwing out 17 child sexual abuse cases against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the grounds that they violate the statute of limitations.
"It's a temporary victory for child molesters," said Marie Whitehead, Philadelphia chapter director of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. "We want to eliminate statutes of limitations for criminal child assault."