Legislation which would change the deadlines for the filing of civil and criminal actions in child sex abuse cases cleared the House Judiciary Committee last week. In most instances, the legislation would hold for only those crimes committed after the bill becomes law.
The legislation is in response to a grand jury report last month that found hundreds of victims had been abused by as many as 50 priests over 40 years in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown. The grand jury investigation began in April 2014.
