Supreme Court to declare the California lookback window unconstitutional. Saying they faced “potentially ruinous liability,” the bishops last month asked the U.S. Now, facing hundreds of lawsuits, a group of Catholic bishops is taking those challenges to the nation’s highest court. The year-end date marks the close of the state’s three-year “lookback window,” which allows plaintiffs to file civil suits for childhood sexual abuse no matter how long ago the alleged events took place. 31 deadline, according to lawyers involved in the cases. A man who said he was abused while volunteering with the Salvation Army.Īt least 750 of those lawsuits filed since January 2020 are against Catholic dioceses, and more than 800 people are in the process of filing to beat a Dec. A woman, now in her late 30s, detailing how she was allegedly assaulted in a center for foster children. In California, the lawsuits are mounting - middle-aged men, saying they were sexually assaulted as children by a Boy Scout leader or a priest.
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