From Olympia-
The Episcopal Church, lifting a statute of limitations on
reporting sexual abuse by clerics, has created a three-year window when
any allegation of misconduct at any time can be brought forward to
church authorities.
"In short, you do not have to wonder
if the allegation comes from long ago," the Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel,
Episcopal Bishop of Olympia, has written in a pastoral letter to be read
in parishes and missions across Western Washington.
The General Convention of the church, meeting in Austin, Texas, last
summer, passed a resolution amending church canons (laws) and suspending
the statute of limitations on reporting misconduct. It created a
three-year period, starting Jan. 1, 2019 and lasting through Dec. 31,
2021.
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