In 2019, the New Jersey General Assembly passed N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:14-2b that revived sexual abuse claims for two years. Defendant in this case challenged, amongst other points, the constitutionality of the provision, particularly when it is applied to adult victims of sexual abuse. CHILD USA...
CHILD USA wrote this brief urging the Supreme Court of Kentucky to uphold the constitutionality of the state's revival window for child sexual abuse claims. CHILD USA educates the court on the science of trauma that can impact disclosure, the public policy interests served through revival of civil...
A New Orleans attorney who represents victims of clerical sexual abuse was fined $400,000 by a federal bankruptcy court judge after he alerted a local Catholic high school that a priest who worked there, Paul Hart, sexually abused a teenage student at another institution in the past.
CHILD USA filed this brief supporting the Plaintiff's appeal to the New Jersey Superior Court - Appellate Division. The Defendant claims the New Jersey Child Sexual Abuse Act did not excuse the notice of claim requirement for claims against government entities. CHILD USA argues that New Jersey...
In 2019, the New York General Assembly passed the Child Victims Act that revived child sexual abuse claims for one year. Defendant in this case challenged, the constitutionality of the Act. With its pro bono partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief, presenting research on...
This amicus brief was written in response to Defendants’ appeal of a decision at the Pennsylvania Superior Court that found that whether Rice exercised reasonable diligence in discovering her alleged injury and its cause was a question for the jury. This amicus brief addresses research showing...
by Leslie C. Griffin* There is one Roman Catholic diocese in Vermont, the Diocese of Burlington.1 On September 30, 2024, Kevin O’Connor reported that the diocese had gone into bankruptcy, becoming the fortieth Catholic organization to do so.2 In the bankruptcy papers, Bishop John McDermott of the...
by Leslie C. Griffin* You have probably read more about abuse and abusers in my last four blog posts than you believed was even possible. It is an exhausting list. Yet there are still many more cases before us, even now, in 2024. As the statutes of limitations change, new cases begin in...
CHILD USA wrote this brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and arguing that the SAFE Child Act's revival window is constitutional under the federal and North Carolina state constitutions.