Do Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Require Additional Time Before Coming Forward with Their Claims?
Some victims contend this is so. The data, however, does not support this contention. It shows that claimants can come promptly forward when they perceive it is in their interest to do so. Since January 2002, there have been twelve major spikes in the number of claims filed by claimants of childhood sexual abuse: the over 1,000 cases filed against Catholic institutions during the massive press coverage in 2002; the almost 1,100 plaintiffs who came forward in California during 2003 when the statute of limitation had been suspended; the 81 plaintiffs who came forward when Connecticut lengthened its statute of limitation in 2002; the 147 plaintiffs who came forward when Delaware suspended its statute of limitation for a two-year period, and the large numbers of new post-petition claims filed in the bankruptcies of the Dioceses of Tucson, Portland, Spokane, Davenport, San Diego, Fairbanks, and Wilmington just before the bar date; and this past year, the quintupling of claims against the So
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