Should time limits be abolished for filing childhood sexual-abuse lawsuits?

Julia Driggers
nutritionist | Gayborhood
"Yes. I work with children. I see the ravages of childhood sexual abuse. There should be no time limit to make a victim whole again. Childhood sexual abuse is devastating and all remedies should be available to victims."


Latifha Brooks
student | South Philadelphia
"Yes. Childhood sexual abuse shouldn’t be minimized. It can ruin someone’s life. I’m all for victims getting their day in court, no matter how long it takes. They’ve been ruined mentally and emotionally. They need justice."


Kelsey Glynn
nurse | Graduate Hospital area
"Yes. Childhood sexual abuse is something you have to deal with your entire life. Its effects don’t stop when a statute of limitations expires, so there should be no time limit for filing lawsuits. If there are frivolous cases, the courts will have to weed them out."


Julien Musolino
professor | Center City
"Yes. We’re still going after Nazis, so many decades after Hitler. Why not go after child predators? Nobody says it’s crazy to hunt down Nazis; why should it be crazy to hunt down child predators? Sexual molestation is a vile crime and should be punished. I don’t see why there should be any time limits."


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