Pennsylvania’s Sexual Abuse Laws Leave Survivors Conflicted

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – When Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws this week, absent from the bill-signing ceremony were some who had worked hardest to see the changes pass.
Some sexual abuse survivors and victim advocates felt conflicted by the compromise package.
Missing was a two-year window in state law to allow now-adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue over claims that are past Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations.
Senate Republicans rejected that but offered