HARRISBURG — Bruce Castor, Attorney General Kathleen Kane's
solicitor general, testified Monday that it is illegal for the state
Legislature to pass a bill that retroactively would allow civil lawsuits
on child sex abuse cases at least 50 years old.
Castor's comments poked holes in the agency's own grand jury sex reporters. The attorney general's office had said such legislation was legal in recommending bills be passed as part of grand jury reports in the child sex abuse investigations of Jerry Sandusky in 2011 and the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese in 2016.
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Castor's comments poked holes in the agency's own grand jury sex reporters. The attorney general's office had said such legislation was legal in recommending bills be passed as part of grand jury reports in the child sex abuse investigations of Jerry Sandusky in 2011 and the Altoona-Johnstown Catholic Diocese in 2016.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-child-sex-abuse-bill-castor-senate-20160613-story.html