Hartford, Conn., May 4, 2010 / 04:12 am
Citing a lack of legislative support, sponsors have withdrawn a controversial bill that would have waived a 30-year time limit for sexual abuse victims to sue. Catholic leaders who opposed the bill said the move was “good public policy.”
One co-sponsor of H.B. 5473, State Rep. Beth Bye, said backers did not believe it is likely the bill be enacted into law with so few days left in the legislative session, The Catholic Transcript reports.
She said she raised the bill after dozens of victims contacted her, including victims of the late Dr. George Reardon.
Reardon has been accused of photographing and molesting his young patients at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, a Catholic hospital.