Sex-abuse victims deserve equal rights to recourse

Children who are sexually abused by adults in public schools and in city recreation programs should have the same recourse under civil law as students who are molested at private schools and camps.

That’s not the way it works now because of a quirk in state law that a bill sponsored by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, would fix. It has its first hearing in the Legislature on Tuesday.

Full editorial on the San Jose Mercury News website

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