BALTIMORE — State lawmakers wish to give survivors of sexual abuse the chance to sue the Catholic church and different establishments, in accordance with WJZ’s media companion the Baltimore Banner.

Lawmakers have crafted a invoice that will permit survivors to sue the establishments which have been complicit within the crimes dedicated in opposition to them. The invoice, referred to as the Little one Victims Act of 2023 would problem a longstanding state legislation that protects public entities from giant authorized judgments.

The Home Judiciary Committee spent two hours on Thursday listening to intercourse abuse survivors and their advocates discuss why they want the flexibility to resolve their trauma by going through their accusers, in accordance with the Baltimore Banner.

The church lobbying arm of the Maryland Catholic Convention submitted a written opposition to the legislative language on Thursday, the Baltimore Banner studies.