Interesting to note that the Cailfornia legislature retroactively changed the statute of limitations in 2003 (specifically aimed at the Catholic Church) to extend the time limit to file a lawsuit for alleged sexual abuse occurring well over 40 years ago-—which, of course, lead to multi-million dollar settlements..
Why was the Church singled out?
Meanwhile the California Supreme Court ruled last August (Shirk v Visla Unified School District (2007)) [no joke] that the statute of limitations for sexual abuse involving employees in state schools is NOT extended-—Victims must file their claims within 6 months of the wrongful event or be forever barred from filing an action.
This has the disparate treatment of allowing, in many cases, stale claims with old evidence and witnesses with failed memories as evidence of abuse against the Church, while state institutions are virtually immune from liabilty for even recent abuses.
Believe me: the State of California has the Church in its cross-hairs.....watch for gay marriage mandamus injunctions, discrimination lawsuits by the Attorney General Jerry Brown—and lawsuits by unscrupulous lawyers for “sexual preference” discrimination-—a veritable goldmine.
And there are many on this board that will clap and cheer every step of the way....
Fortuntely for us we have Christ’s promise that He will not abondan us, and that the gates of hell will not prevail against His Church.
Pax Christi
RD
Who?
The RCC is deeply flawed, but I don't see any who want it destroyed by the state. Although the irony is a bit much given it's history of persecution when it was an arm of the state.