{"id":15167,"date":"2023-02-07T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=15167"},"modified":"2023-02-07T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T20:20:19","slug":"child-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/child-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"New bill seeks to end the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"New bill seeks to end the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse\" class=\"wp-image-15169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-696x459.jpg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Nino-tristeza-1068x705.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Victoria Hsieh. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baycitynews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay City News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two California lawmakers introduced a bill Monday that would end the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse and remove barriers for survivors seeking justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assemblywoman Dawn Addis and State Senator Nancy Skinner introduced Assembly Bill 452, which would allow survivors of child abuse to come forward when they are ready to confront their traumatic experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AB 452, or the Justice for Survivors Act, would remove the deadline for victims to report their abuse. Currently, those who allege they were sexually assaulted as minors can only seek justice in court until they turn 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are good reasons why survivors of sexual assault and abuse may take years or decades to confront their experience,\u201d Skinner said. \u201cThis delay may be due to the complex ways in which we process trauma and, to protect ourselves, suppress painful memories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill builds on the Eliminating Limits on Justice for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Act signed into law in 2022, which removes the statute of limitations for people filing claims in federal court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many other states followed and removed this statute at the state level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;It is unacceptable and cruel that many victims of child sexual abuse in California are unable to hold their abusers accountable because our law now says they have run out of time,&quot; Skinner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAB 452 will right this wrong by removing the deadline for bringing civil actions against child abusers and those who aided, abetted, or covered up abuse,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/redwood-citys-next-police-chief\/\">Redwood City community members meet to elect the next Police Chief<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Victoria Hsieh. Bay City News. Dos legisladores de California presentaron un proyecto de ley este lunes que pondr\u00eda fin al estatuto de limitaciones civiles por abuso sexual infantil y eliminar\u00eda las barreras para los sobrevivientes que buscan justicia. La asamble\u00edsta Dawn Addis y la senadora estatal Nancy Skinner, presentaron el Proyecto de ley 452 [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15170,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15167\/revisions\/15170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}