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The new law: abolishes Pennsylvania's criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse and extends the timeline victims have to file civil action against their abusers; clarifies penalties for failure to report child abuse; makes conversations with law enforcement agents exempt from non-disclosure agreements; and creates a fund for ...
The new law abolishes Pennsylvania's criminal statute of limitations on childhood sexual abuse and extends the timeline victims have to file civil action against their abusers from 12 to 37 years. [3] [79] It also clarifies penalties for failure to report child abuse by making such an offense a third degree felony rather than a misdemeanor.
The book alleged that Joe Paterno "had to know" of the sexual abuse allegations happening under his watch. [4] The isolated nature of State College, Pennsylvania is used as a metaphor for the isolated nature of the football program. [4] During the publicity phase, an excerpt was published on the sports gossip website Deadspin. [5]
Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania suffered physical and sexual abuse including violent rapes, according to four related lawsuits ...
All the Pennsylvania plaintiffs were born after Nov. 26, 1989, and meet the state's standards for filing claims of sexual abuse when they were children, lawyers said.
A Pennsylvania woman faces indecent assault charges after allegedly attempting to ply two tween boys with alcohol and sexually assault one of them after they shoveled snow from her driveway.
Child sexual abuse has been recognized specifically as a type of child maltreatment in U.S. federal law since the initial Congressional hearings on child abuse in 1973. [1] Child sexual abuse is illegal in every state, [2] as well as under federal law. [3] Among the states, the specifics of child sexual abuse laws vary, but certain features of ...
The Child Protection Restoration and Penalties Enhancement Act of 1990 [1], Title III of the Crime Control Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101–647, 104 Stat. 4789, enacted November 29, 1990, S. 3266, is part of a United States Act of Congress which amended 18 U.S.C. § 2257 in respect to record-keeping requirements as set by the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988, also establishing ...