Priest Abuse Case to Proceed

The ColumbianMarch 15, 2004

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SPOKANE (AP) An attempt to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle has failed, in a decision with possible statewide implications.

The Seattle Archdiocese asked a King County Superior Court judge to throw out a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 1988 change in state law. That change extended the statute of limitations for victims of childhood sex abuse, allowing them up to three years after the time they realize they were abused to file a lawsuit.

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Priest Abuse Case to Proceed

On Thursday, Judge Paris Kallas ruled against the archdiocese's argument and declined to dismiss the case....

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