As many as one in four girls and one in thirteen boys in the United States experience sexual abuse. The 2021 law would have allowed survivors of child sexual abuse until 2025 to prepare and pursue civil lawsuits against persons or institutions for crimes alleged committed between 1960 and 2022. Whether it is five years, 10 years or more, are not all survivors of child sexual abuse owed a pathway to seek justice? Our goal remains the same as it did with the original legislation: offer survivors of child sexual abuse a pathway to pursue justice and hold offenders accountable. I want to make one thing clear: Colorado survivors have not been forgotten, and our work will continue.

Source: Daily Sun August 14, 2023 07:36 UTC