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[-] Mango@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Statute of limitations is still a thing.

[-] nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago

I mean sure, but whether or not you're a member of a club should have exactly not a damn thing to do with it.

[-] Liz@midwest.social 8 points 7 months ago

I haven't looked into this case. Are they actually making a specific ruling regarding priests, or is it just that this case involved priests? I could easily see headlines claiming the ruling to be more specific than it actually is, for clickbait reasons.

[-] zout@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It isn't that specific. The supreme court ruled that because it is hard to build a defence after so much time has passed, it is against the constitution to allow people to sue someone after the statute of limitations has passed. Failing to recognize it is even harder to prove you're a victim after such long time has passed.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

There is no statute of limitations on murder. There should also not be one on sexual assault, especially not when a child is assaulted.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I actually didn't know that!

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There doesn’t appear to be A limitation for sexual assault of children. It might be lumped in with “personal injury” for one year, though.

Criminally, it’s 30 years starting when the victim is 18.

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

RIP Priests.

I think it should definitely be shorter than that though just for practicality's sake. I didn't think it's likely to prove it disprove anything after so much time.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I’m okay if they don’t rest in peace.

There’s reasons to extend it, actually. Even if prosecution is harder, victims rarely come forward in otherwise “reasonable” time frames.

Especially when the victims are children who may not know what’s happening to them is even wrong.

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