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Hundreds of people like Marc Floto, who survived clergy sexual abuse in Maryland, filed claims in the Archdiocese of Baltimore's bankruptcy case ahead of a Friday deadline.
Attorneys for several men who say members of the clergy in the Archdiocese of Washington sexually abused them in Maryland decades ago Friday defended the new law that allowed them to sue the Catholic Church: The Child Victims Act. The filings from plaintiffs’ lawyers respond to a legal challenge from the Washington diocese last month, with the church’s attorneys arguing Maryland’s child .