Michigan Considers New Statute of Limitations Laws Related to Child Sex Abuse Following the Nassar Scandal

The President signed legislation passed by Congress in January to protect athletes from sexual abuse. The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act requires national governing bodies to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement within 24 hours. The Act provides for criminal penalties if those required fail to report and authorizes the Center…

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Millionaire Jeffrey Epstein Charged with Sex Trafficking Underage Girls

Eleven years after Jeffrey Epstein was given a very lenient plea deal following being charged with sexually abusing teenage girls in Florida, federal law enforcement officers arrested him this past weekend on new sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. Law enforcement officials told reporters the new case is related to allegations that Epstein paid underage girls for massages…

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Predatory pediatrician may have been more awful than originally thought

Attorneys for the numerous victims who were reportedly sexually abused at the hands of Big Apple pediatrician Dr. Reginald Archibald spoke out Thursday — claiming that a report released last month by the hospital where he worked only scrapes the surface of his predatory behavior. Archibald, who died in 2007, practiced at Manhattan’s Rockefeller University Hospital as…

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BUZZFEED – These Men Want The Scientific Community To Acknowledge That A Famous Researcher Sexually Abused Them

Dozens of men remember a Rockefeller researcher, now dead, sexually abusing them decades ago. After inquiries from BuzzFeed News, the editors of two journals have decided to acknowledge the allegations in the scientific record. Harold Marmon had always been small for his age. When he was 14, his parents were worried enough to enroll him…

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Texas Law Lags In Child Sex Abuse Cases

Many states limit the power of survivors to seek civil justice in child sex abuse cases, and Texas is little different. While there are no limitations on the criminal statutes involved, the victims involved have just five years to file a civil suit. Many are calling for reform, as demonstrated by a recent editorial in…

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Times Up: New York State Should Pass The Child Victims Act to Extend Civil and Criminal Statue of Limitations for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse

For many years I have written about the necessity of extending the statute of limitations for victims of sexual abuse in order to afford them the needed time to both process the psychological and emotional effects of the abuse and gain the inner wherewithal to confront their abusers and those who enabled them. In this…

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Louisville Explorer Scout Lawsuit Documentation Reveals Names of Four Police Officers

On Wednesday, August, 15, U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings released the names of four more police officers who are defendants in the suit – Matthew Gelhausen, Paul Brandon Parris, Julie Schmidt, and Casey Scott. These names had not previously been known to the public. Jennings’ fifteen page ruling ordered the suits opened, but…

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