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Portland Diocese challenging 2021 Maine law lifting statute of limitations on childhood abuse claims
Lawyer Michael Bigos, who signifies customers suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, speaks all through a news convention in Lewiston on Wednesday. Employees image by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff members Photographer The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is difficult the constitutionality of a condition regulation that taken off the statute of restrictions for any individual who would like to file a lawsuit alleging that they knowledgeable childhood sexual abuse in Maine. When the legislation removing the time restrict for childhood abuse statements passed in the summer months of 2021 it opened the door for persons to sue the diocese for many years-old incidents. The diocese says the Legislature overstepped its…

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