Victims of sexual abuse often find it difficult to come forward about what happened to them. In many cases, victims of childhood sexual abuse do not fully know what happened until they are adults and better understand the situation. Other times, pain and shame of...
Reporting sexual abuse is often a very serious task for people in authority at schools, churches, camps, and other institutions that care for children. Parents suspecting that their child might be a victim of sexual abuse also have a difficult obligation to pursue...
Sexual abuse claims can be difficult to deal with simply because the laws surrounding these claims tend to be more complex. For example, just determining how much time you have to file a civil claim for sexual abuse requires understanding multiple laws and how they...
Filing a lawsuit against a priest or member of the clergy who molested you as a child is incredibly difficult. There are many difficult legal hurdles in the process, and survivors of sexual abuse often need the help of an experienced sexual abuse victim lawyer to get...
A statute of limitations (“SOL”) is a legal requirement that puts strict time deadlines on when a civil or criminal action must be commenced. Statutes of limitations vary from state to state and from issue to issue. Civil actions, including claims made by child...
