Maine supreme court to decide on removal of time limit in church sex abuse cases

Apr. 5 — A Maine judge will forward a question at the center of more than a dozen lawsuits against Maine’s Catholic church to the state’s highest court, where justices will decide whether a new law allowing people to sue for previously expired claims of childhood sexual abuse is constitutional. Superior Court Justice Thomas McKeon said Wednesday that high court involvement was inevitable — even if he decided against it, the cases would eventually be appealed following a verdict. “This issue is going to have to be faced,” said McKeon. While his ruling Wednesday applied only to 13 complaints filed…