NJ Bill To Remove Statute Of Limitations As Factor In Civil Child Sexual Abuse Cases Up For Hearing

Bill would help expose pedophiles and would also help make schools, churches and synagogues responsible for any negligence they may have showed with regard to child sexual abuse.

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Urgent Action Alert   I have some incredibly fantastic news.  A recently introduced bill (S2405), clarifying the existing statute of limitations and effectively removing this barrier for those seeking a civil remedy regarding the sexual abuse of a child, has been posted by the Senate Judiciary committee chairman, Senator Scutari (co-prime Sponsor, joining primary sponsor, Senator Joe Vitale) for a hearing.  I ask all of you, your friends, loved ones, supporters and/or survivors to attend this hearing in the Senate Judiciary committee.  Further I ask you to personally reach out, by phone and e-mail to all the members of the Senate Judiciary committee attached below and urge them for their unconditional support of this bill!   Now more than ever it is time for society to take the action necessary to keep our children safe, efforts by the institutions which simply "talk about it, or promise to police their own" have failed" and children in our state are still at risk.  Supporting this bill will allow survivors to bring to light the many predators quietly hiding and working among our children in this state.  Please stand up and be counted...please join us at the state house this Thursday!   Feel free to contact me should you have questions but please let's make every effort to get there.  .   Anyone who lives in any of the districts of the Senators below....please make sure you tell them you are a constituent (If you are a New Jersey resident, please give them your name and address) and counting on their support for bill S2405 unchanged).   Please forward this e-mail to anyone who you think will support this cause.  Questions e-mail Mark Crawford:  mecrawf@comcast.net   Regards, Mark Crawford State Director, NJ SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests     Nicholas Scutari, Chairman and co-prime sponsor of bill (D) 1514 E. Saint Georges Avenue, 2nd Flr. Linden, NJ 07036-1784 W: 908-587-0404 F: 908-587-9312 E: senscutari@njleg.org   John A. Girgenti, Vice Chair (D) 507 Lafayette Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07505 W: 973-427-1229 F: 973-423-5895 E: sengirgenti@njleg.org   Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R) 36 East Main Street Somerville, NJ 08876 W: 908-526-3600 F: 908-707-4578 E: senbateman@njleg.org   Jennifer Beck (R) 32 Monmouth Street, 3rd Floor Red Bank, NJ 07701 W: 732-933-1591 F: 732-933-1598 E: senbeck@njleg.org   Gerald Cardinale (R) 350 Madison Avenue Cresskill, NJ 07626 W: 201-567-2324 F: 201-567-8514 E: sencardinale@njleg.org   Nia Gill (D) 425 Bloomfield Avenue Montclair, NJ 07042 W: 973-509-0388 F: 973-509-9241 E: sengill@njleg.org   Joseph Kyrillos (R) One Arin Park Building 1715 Highway 35, Suite 303 Middletown, NJ 07748 W: 732-671-3206 F: 732-706-9140 E: senkyrillos@njleg.org   Raymond Lesniak (D) 985 Stuyvesant Avenue Union, NJ 07083 W: 908-624-0880 F: 908-624-0587 E: senlesniak@njleg.org   Kevin O'Toole (R) Wayne Plaza II 155 Route 46 West, 1st Floor Wayne, NJ 07470 W: 973-237-1360 F: 973-237-1364 E: senotoole@njleg.org   Paul Sarlo (D) 207 Hackensack Street, 2nd Floor Wood Ridge, NJ 07075 W: 201-804-8118 F: 201-804-8644 E: sensarlo@njleg.org   Bob Smith (D) 216 Stelton Road, Suite E5 Piscataway, NJ 08854 W: 732-752-0770 F: 732-752-1590 E: senbsmith@njleg.org   Brian Stack (D) 5801 Palisade Avenue West New York, NJ  07093 W: 201-861-5091 F: 201-861-5094 E: senstack@njleg.org   Loretta Weinberg (D) 545 Cedar Lane Teaneck, NJ 07666 W: 201-928-0100 F: 201-928-0406 E: senweinberg@njleg.org       Senate Judiciary     Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 1:00 PM     Meeting - Committee Room 4, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ

Barbara Dorris Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

[Hat Tip: The Other DK.]

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[A. Nuran]

Prediction - Agudah and the Catholic Church will oppose this.