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	Alice B. Younger: Child Victims Act Deserves Support By Alice B. Younger LaCrosse Tribune January 10, 2010 http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/opinion/article_ffccaca6-fcb7-11de-ab31-001cc4c03286.html There is a public hearing set for the Child Victims Act, Assembly Bill and Senate Bill 319 12, at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Room 411 South at the Capitol in Madison. This bill would repeal the state's civil statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse cases involving clergy and incest - under existing law victims can sue until they reach age 35 - and open a three-year window for victims who had been barred previously from suing. It is modeled after legislation passed in California and Delaware. The California law resulted in identification of 300 previously unknown sex offenders, and we hope it would have a similar effect here. Victims and child safety advocates have said that only a small percentage of these cases involved clergy, so church concerns should not derail the bill. We as citizens need to let our representatives know we take child sex crimes seriously and will not tolerate anything else then a full and reasonable set of laws to protect children and punish offenders. Contact your legislators and ask them to support these bills. To find who your legislators are and their contact information, go to the Web site www.legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx, or call toll-free at 1-800-362-9472.
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