1 min read

High Court Rules 2 Child Sex Abuse Cases Should Go To Trial

Associated Press0

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The state Supreme Court has ruled that two cases of plaintiffs who say they were abused decades ago by a former staffer at a Catholic mission on the Rosebud Indian Reservation should go to trial.

The high court reversed a lower court’s ruling this week on the two cases, but affirmed the circuit court’s judgment against other individuals who had sued.

A handful of plaintiffs sued several Catholic organizations that oversaw the St. Francis Mission, saying they failed to safeguard children from abuse. The circuit court said the suits were barred by a 2010 law change.

But the Supreme Court ruled these two cases are different because the women only recently recalled or understood their abuse.

Plaintiffs’ Attorney Michael Shubeck says the ruling could spur entities to better report abuse.

The AP is one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers and commercial customers. AP is neither privately owned nor government-funded; instead, as a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members, it can maintain its single-minded focus on newsgathering and its commitment to the highest standards of objective, accurate journalism.
Website http://ap.org/

Related Posts