(Washington DC) Hearing to eliminate the statute of limitations on cases of childhood sexual abuse

The Council of the District of Columbia
Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary

Public Hearing
B17-146 - Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention Act of 2007
(To eliminate the statute of limitations on cases of childhood sexual abuse)



To watch video of the entire 6 hour hearing go to the following link, then scroll down to where it says:

6/1/2007
PUBLIC HEARING, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE JUDICIARY, Phil Mendelson, Chairman
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Testimony was supplied by:
Steven Abrams - Survivor of a Child Sexual Abuse by a Psychiatrist
Barbara Blaine - Founder, Executive Director - SNAP (Survivors Network of Abusive Priest)
David Clohessy - National Director, SNAP (Survivors Network of Abusive Priest)
Christine Courtois, PhD - The Center at the Psychiatric of Washington
Prof. Marci Hamilton - Attorney, Specialties in Constitutional law, First Amendment, Law & Religion
Tim Healy - Survivor of Clergy Sexual Abuse
Mary Lou Leary - Executive Director, National Center for Victims of Crime
Murray Levin - Survivor of Clergy Sexual Abuse
Vicki Polin - Founder, Executive Director, The Awareness Center
Ted Thompson - Executive Director, Sexual Abuse Prevention Network
Jeffrey Dion - Deputy Director for the National Crime Victim Bar Association,

Opposing the bill include members of the Archdiocese of Washington DC