The Pennsylvania House is approving tougher penalties for people who don’t report suspicions about repeated child sexual abuse.
Lawmakers on Wednesday voted for a proposal which could eliminate the statute of limitations when mandated reporters fail to properly report ongoing abuse.
They also unanimously approved a bill that clarifies that nondisclosure agreements can’t prevent people from talking to police in child molestation investigations.
Both bills have been sent to the Senate, and both are based on recommendations in a grand jury report last year into sexual abuse of children by several hundred Roman Catholic priests in the state for the last several decades.
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