In one of the toughest legislative sessions in years, when Maryland lawmakers are already wrestling with a $3 billion budget deficit, they’re making moves to address their next challenge:

Maryland's Child Victims Act of 2023 is constitutional, according to a February 3 ruling from the State Supreme Court. The act went into effect last October allowing victims of child sex abuse to sue their alleged perpetrators without any statute of limitations.

The Maryland Supreme Court upheld the Child Victims Act of 2023, ruling it constitutional on Feb. 3. The court upheld the law in a 4-3 vote, giving the Maryland General Assembly authority to change the law as it did.

The Archdiocese is in the process of reviewing the decision issued by the Supreme Court of Maryland. We remain committed to our longstanding efforts to bring healing to survivors through pastoral care and other forms of assistance.

The Supreme Court of Maryland on Monday upheld as constitutional the state’s Child Victims Act, which took effect last year and eliminates time limits for lawsuits to be filed by people who

Maryland Child Victims Act of 2023 is constitutional, according to a February 3 ruling from the State Supreme Court.

A 2023 state law that lifted a 20-year statute of limitations on lawsuits against public and private entities involved in incidents of sexual abuse, essentially allowing victims to file suit at any time,

Author Neil Gaiman was accused in a lawsuit on Monday of repeatedly raping his former babysitter, repeating allegations that were first raised in a Tortoise Media podcast last year. Scarlett Pavlovich also sued Gaiman’s wife, Amanda Palmer, alleging that she knew of his history of sexual misconduct when she hired Pavlovich to work for them. …

Maryland's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a state law that ended the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse lawsuits following a report that exposed widespread wrongdoing within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

On February 3, The Supreme Court of Maryland upheld as constitutional the state’s Child Victims Act, which took effect in 2023 and eliminates time limits for lawsuits to be filed by people who were sexually abused as children.

The law went into effect on Oct. 1, 2023, and eliminated time limits for people to file lawsuits over child sexual abuse and made it easier for them to sue institutions that facilitated their victimization.