Category: Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report

Defrocked priest, 84, gets house arrest for lying to FBI

by bcadmin | Apr 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report | 0 |

An 84-year-old defrocked priest was sentenced to five years of probation for lying to the FBI about whether he knew a former altar boy and his family.

Former priest pleads guilty to lying to investigators

by bcadmin | Nov 11, 2021 | Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Associated Press, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, Philadelphia | 0 |

A defrocked priest pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of making false statements to FBI agents investigating clergy abuse.

State to air report on how it blundered child sex-abuse vote

by bcadmin | May 27, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report | 0 |

An internal investigation into an apparent bureaucratic blunder by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration that scuttled a statewide voter referendum sought by victims of childhood sexual abuse found no evidence of a deliberate attempt to derail it.

Pennsylvania lawmakers move closer to letting child sex abuse victims sue

by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report | 0 |

For the first time, prominent Republican state senators on Wednesday put their support behind legislation in Pennsylvania to change the law to allow now-adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue the perpetrators or institutions that did not prevent it when it happened years or decades ago.

Pennsylvania State House advances 2-year child sex abuse lawsuit window

by bcadmin | Apr 8, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, statute of limitations | 0 |

The Pennsylvania House approved a bill Wednesday to establish a two-year window for civil claims over childhood sexual abuse, part of a belt-and-suspenders approach that also includes a potential constitutional amendment.

Pennsylvania vote signals support for child sex abuse window in bill form

by bcadmin | Apr 7, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, statute of limitations | 0 |

The state House of Representatives showed solid support Tuesday for enacting a two-year lawsuit window for child victims of sexual abuse as a regular bill, two weeks after the Legislature gave its first round of approval to a similar constitutional amendment.

Child sex abuse lawsuit ‘window’ amendment clears Pa. House

by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, statute of limitations | 0 |

Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday finished a new first round of approvals for a constitutional amendment giving victims of child sexual abuse the power to file what would otherwise be outdated claims, but it will be 2023 at the earliest before it takes effect.

Pennsylvania lawmakers restart amendment process on child sex abuse suits

by bcadmin | Mar 24, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, statute of limitations | 0 |

Pennsylvania lawmakers restarted the multi-year clock Tuesday on amending the state constitution to allow now-adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue their perpetrators or institutions that may have covered it up.

Pennsylvania Senate GOP won’t fast-track child sex abuse lawsuit ‘window’

by bcadmin | Mar 22, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, statute of limitations | 0 |

Majority Republicans in the state Senate said Monday they will not employ a rarely used emergency process to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to give victims of child sexual abuse a two-year window in which to file civil lawsuits, possibly delaying a final vote on the window until 2023.

Lawmakers launch new push for child sex abuse lawsuit window

by bcadmin | Mar 16, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report, statute of limitations | 0 |

Pennsylvania lawmakers on Monday launched a rarely used emergency process to amend the state constitution, advancing a proposal that would give victims of child sexual abuse a 2-year window to file otherwise outdated civil lawsuits.

Pennsylvania lawmakers consider fast-track plan for abuse lawsuit window

by bcadmin | Feb 5, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report | 0 |

A bid to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to give victims of child sexual abuse a new legal window to sue over otherwise time-barred allegations got new life Thursday, days after the disclosure of a paperwork error threw it into disarray.

Pennsylvania state agency bungles ballot referendum for child sex victims

by bcadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, News, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report | 0 |

Some victims of child sexual abuse might have to wait two years or more to pursue legal claims because of a major bureaucratic bungle that prompted angry denunciations across the political spectrum Monday and the resignation of Pennsylvania’s top state elections official.