Lastbat,
The article states that this happened over 30 years ago. The statute of limitations has probably run out for any type of criminal trial, so the victim has to resort to civil court.
I can understand the frustration of most of the posters. There are so many cases like this in litigation that you have to wonder if some of these people have an ulterior motive. Perhaps some do…maybe some don’t. Like I said in my previus post, I wish my abuser was still alive. I now have the courage to face him and his family (also my family…we were VERY close growing up) and if doing it in a civil court is the only way to bring some closure, so be it. Like I said, I would sue for a dollar….I would just want him to feel the humiliation that I felt for three years before I could tell anyone of my abuse.
On another note, I was born & raised Catholic. I went to parochial schools pre and post Vatican II. So have my children. I remeber well how all the boys got their heads slapped back for being smart. Nuns hiding rulers under their vestments….I am wondering why no one has come forth and complained about that as well. Watching these boys getting slapped at such a young age, and now all of the accusations of sexual abuse has soured me and now I question my own faith. What a shame……
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Lastbat,
The article states that this happened over 30 years ago. The statute of limitations has probably run out for any type of criminal trial, so the victim has to resort to civil court.
I can understand the frustration of most of the posters. There are so many cases like this in litigation that you have to wonder if some of these people have an ulterior motive. Perhaps some do…maybe some don’t. Like I said in my previus post, I wish my abuser was still alive. I now have the courage to face him and his family (also my family…we were VERY close growing up) and if doing it in a civil court is the only way to bring some closure, so be it. Like I said, I would sue for a dollar….I would just want him to feel the humiliation that I felt for three years before I could tell anyone of my abuse.
On another note, I was born & raised Catholic. I went to parochial schools pre and post Vatican II. So have my children. I remeber well how all the boys got their heads slapped back for being smart. Nuns hiding rulers under their vestments….I am wondering why no one has come forth and complained about that as well. Watching these boys getting slapped at such a young age, and now all of the accusations of sexual abuse has soured me and now I question my own faith. What a shame……