Ugly News: Catholic Church, Boy Scouts Oppose Georgias Child Sexual Abuse Bill

[MineralMan]

https://www.courthousenews.com/catholic-church-boy-scouts-oppose-georgias-child-sexual-abuse-bill/

ATLANTA (CN) — A legislative effort to bolster Georgia’s Hidden Predator Act by granting additional protections to victims of childhood sexual assault is under fire by Atlanta’s Catholic Archdiocese and the Boy Scouts of America.

The organizations object to the inclusion of language in the bill allowing victims to sue “entities,” including churches, private schools and youth organizations. Under Georgia’s current laws, organizations are able to escape legal liability for protecting the alleged perpetrators of sexual abuse.

The bill could expose organizations to increased financial liability as well.

House Bill 605 would extend the statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual assault, allowing adults up to the age of 38 to sue alleged perpetrators and their employers for sexual abuse. Currently, the Hidden Predator Act only offers protections to adults up to the age of 23.

More at link on this unsurprising attempt to limit liability for child sexual abuses. It's especially interesting to see the Boy Scouts join in this fight. The Catholic Church, not so much.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Just EVIL people

[MineralMan]

2. Yes, indeed they are.

The Roman Catholic Church is opposing these extensions of statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse in many places. It appears to be an official policy now to oppose any lookback laws that extend them specifically for such cases.

This is decidedly not good news about religion.

[trotsky]

3. Rather than do right by children, their instinct is to protect their institution and the abusers.

So nothing has changed.

[MineralMan]

4. Exactly. They believe they are privileged and not liable

for their wrongdoings. Doesn't that seem hypocritical somehow? It sure does to me.

Their moral authority is degraded by their own lack of moral compass, I think.

And this is the largest denomination of Christianity in the world. It's not some little splinter group.