IRONTON — An Ironton man faces life in prison after being indicted Monday on 30 counts of first-degree rape, according to Lawrence County Prosecuting Attorney Brigham Anderson.
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 .
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Attorneys for survivors of child sex abuse in Maryland are set to defend this week a law that victims advocates fought to enact for decades: It enables victims to sue their abusers, or the institutions that enabled them, no matter the victim’s age or how much time has passed since their torment. Maryland’s Child Victims Act came under fire in a pair of lawsuits brought under the landmark law .