California Catholic Bishops’ Attempt to Challenge Child Victims Act Declined by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a petition which the Press Democrat referred to as an “11th-hour plea by nine Catholic bishops and archbishops” seeking to overturn California’s Child Victims Act, also known as Assembly Bill 218 (AB 218). AB 218 is legislation passed in 2019 which took effect in 2020 and allows all survivors of childhood sexual abuse the option to sue for […]