Pennsylvania lawmakers restart amendment process on child sex abuse suits cruxnow.com
Pennsylvania lawmakers restarted the multi-year clock Tuesday on amending the state constitution to allow now-adult victims of child sexual abuse to sue their perpetrators or institutions that may have covered it up.
The state Senate voted, 44-3, after Republicans blocked efforts, primarily by Democrats, to make the change more quickly, through changing the law immediately or by speeding the proposal to voters in a referendum this spring through a rarely used emergency constitutional amendment process…
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- St. Elizabeth Ann SetonSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton Feast date: Jan 04 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States. She was born to Episcopalian parents into New York City high society on August 28, 1774. Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley was the first professor of anatomy at […]
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