SCOTLAND
Daily Record
BY ANDREA O’NEILL
An East Kilbride justice campaigner who survived abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church as a child has welcomed new legislation that enables victims to pursue justice later in life.
The Limitation Childhood Abuse Scotland Bill removes the three-year time limit in which victims of childhood abuse can bring a civil action against their abuser.
The move comes two months on from the death of Murray grandad Frank Docherty, founder and honorary president of child abuse charity In Care Abuse Survivors (Incas) who, after his own abuse hell, fought for two decades to seek justice for child abuse victims.
Frank’s widow Janet told the News historic survivors will now get the closure and recognition they deserve.
“Frank would have been over the moon,” she said.
“Like him, abuse survivors have been shunted from pillar to post for years but it’s all coming to the fore now.
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