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    Pennsylvania Reforms Childhood Sex Abuse Laws In Response To Clergy Scandal

    After a grand jury implicated more than 300 priests in a statewide sex scandal, nearly every case was too old to be prosecuted. Legislators say that problem inspired these new laws.
    by Paolo Zialcita Nov 26, 2019 1 minute

    Pennsylvania overhauled its child sexual abuse laws Tuesday, as Governor Tom Wolf signed three bills meant to protect sexual assault survivors. The reforms incorporate recommendations made by a grand jury after hundreds of cases of clergy abuse were uncovered in 2018.

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