PENNSYLVANIA
CBS Philly
April 5, 2016 By Tony Romeo
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) — The state House Judiciary Committee has advanced legislation long sought by advocates that would eliminate the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of child sexual abuse.
In addition to eliminating the statute of limitations for criminal prosecutions, the bill passed by the House Judiciary Committee would give victims of child sex abuse until the age of 50 to bring civil cases.
Republican Ron Marsico, the chairman, says the committee’s action is not merely a response to recent charges brought against priests in the Altoona-Johnstown Diocese.
“It’s not just that case… obviously, it’s been the Philadelphia incidents. We knew we had to – at least the committee decided that we had to go ahead and move forward with legislation.”
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