Keynote Address Maryland Delegate C.T. Wilson

For three consecutive years C.T. Wilson had been fighting in the Maryland House of Delegates to extend the statute of limitations in civil action cases for victims of child sexual abuse. Each time Wilson brought forth this legislation, and despite his impassioned testimony as to the effects that child sexual abuse can inflict, his attempts were blocked by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee at the request of the Catholic Church.Then, in 2017, with the cooperation of the Catholic Church, HB 642 was signed into law by the Maryland governor.