SB 131 "would lift the statute of limitations for one year for a group of alleged victims who were 26 and older and missed the previous window to file lawsuits."
As I wrote previously, The Catholic Church has vigorously lobbied against the measure, and Archbishop Jose Gomez used the church newsletter to urge local Catholics to contact their legislators.
Statute of Limitations
Some victims of childhood sexual abuse would have one more year to file civil lawsuits against private or nonprofit organizations that employed their alleged abusers under a bill that passed a key legislative committee Wednesday.
The bill already passed the Senate and is similar to a 2002 bill that passed during the height of the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal.
That bill briefly allowed sex abuse victims to file lawsuits after the statute of limitations had expired and led to $1.2 billion in settlements from Catholic dioceses statewide.
SB131 by Sen. Jim Beall, D-San Jose, heads to the full Assembly after passing the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a 12-4 vote.
Progress....