Minn. Supreme Court to Consider Whether Repressed Memories Relevant in Sexual Abuse
The Republic
January 9, 2012
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/be2a2753def949e89b72ae2b1166b70e/MN--Supreme-Court-Repressed-Memory/
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court is expected to hear a case Monday that involves repressed memories and priest sexual abuse.
A lawsuit by James Keenan against the Archdiocese of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Diocese of Winona falls outside the statute of limitations. Keenan alleges he was abused by a priest sometime between 1980 and 1982. Minnesota law requires individuals to bring a lawsuit within six years of turning 18 or when they knew about the abuse.
Keenan alleges he was abused by a priest sometime between 1980 and 1982.
Attorney Jeff Anderson tells Minnesota Public Radio News (http://bit.ly/x1dU9q ) Keenan initially didn't remember the abuse he allegedly suffered as a youth because he repressed the memory. It surfaced in 2002 and Keenan filed the lawsuit in 2006.
The court will consider whether memory repression is scientifically reliable.
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