Sentences with phrase «old cases of sexual abuse»

Not exact matches

The Church supports extending the statute of limitations on criminal and civil sexual abuse cases going forward, but vehemently opposes a window to revive old cases.

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

In fact, Justice Abella is right: the issue in DLW is very much bound up with the old and the new as the court is faced with the task of defining the meaning of «bestiality» as it relates to a disturbing child sexual abuse case where a family pet was used to molest a child.