TRENTON (NJ)
The Press of Atlantic City
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI, Associated Press Writer
Published: Monday, December 12, 2005
Updated: Monday, December 12, 2005
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey would become the 48th state to allow victims of childhood sex abuse to sue churches, schools and other nonprofits for the actions of their staff, under a bill approved Monday by the state Assembly.
The bill passed 63-5, with nine abstentions, following more than an hour of sometimes heated debate. The measure had been stalled in the lower house for 18 months. A similar measure was approved in the Senate in May 2004.
The bill now goes to the governor for a signature.