COLUMBUS (OH)
Cincinnati Enquirer
By Carrie Spencer Ghose
The Associated Press
COLUMBUS - The Roman Catholic Bishop of Columbus fielded tough questions from state legislators about sexual abuse in the church and said it would be bad public policy to allow lawsuits over past abuse cases that are decades old.
Roman Catholic Church officials are fighting a bill that would allow victims of sexual abuse by priests to file lawsuits over alleged abuse that happened as early as 1970.
Columbus Bishop Frederick Campbell and other church officials testified Thursday to a House committee. Church officials have been lobbying against the bill since the Senate passed it unanimously in March.
Campbell said the bill could be unconstitutional and would not protect children in the future.
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