New Jersey has enormously extended the statute of limitations for child sex abuse crimes. The new statute allows childhood victims of sexual molestation to file suit until they turn 55, or until seven years from the time that they became aware of their injury, whichever comes later.  Further, for those previously barred from seeking recovery, the law establishes a two-year window to file suit.

Childhood sex abuse litigation is already well-established in the legal firmament. The Catholic Church has been the most notorious target of such suits, but everyone from universities to daycare centers to the Boy Scouts to private schools has been affected. With the extension of the statute of limitations, New Jersey can expect the floodgates for this litigation to open even more widely.

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