WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Public Radio
May 22, 2018
By The Associated Press
A group of Wisconsin activists are asking political candidates to commit to reforming child sexual abuse laws this election season — and some candidates have already voiced their support for changes to the statute of limitations.
Peter Isely, founding member of the Midwest’s chapter of The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is one of the people leading the push with Women’s March Wisconsin.
Sarah Pearson is the state co-chair of Women’s March Wisconsin, which favors lifting time limits and creating a grace period through the Child Victims Act.
“What that would do is remove the Civil Statute of Limitations for victims of child sex abuse and open a three-year window in which victims of child sex abuse who were previously barred from filing civil claims could do that so they could finally receive justice in court,” she said.
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