Portland Diocese asks for Maine's highest court to weigh in on childhood sexual abuse law

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is asking the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to rule on the constitutionality of a 2021 law that allows Mainers with previously expired claims of sexual abuse to sue organizations like the diocese.

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