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WI High Court Rules on Limitations Issues In Clergy Child Sex Abuse Case

By Howard M. Friedman

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In State of Wisconsin v. MacArthur, (WI Sup. Ct., June 26, 2008), a clergy child sexual abuse case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that sexual assault cases that occurred before 1989 are covered by the 6-year statute of limitations then in effect. It also held that the judge in a pretrial proceeding, not the jury at trial, decides whether the statute was tolled because the defendant was not a public resident of the state. Tolling need be shown only by a preponderance of the evidence. Yesterday's Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported on the decision.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).

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