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Congress is trying to get a 17-billion-dollar disaster aid bill to the president’s desk before the Memorial Day recess. But Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst says the Senate isn’t interested in the version of the aid bill the House passed. She says it’s full of partisan antics.
Disagreement remains over how much money will go to the U.S.-Mexico border but Congressional leaders say a deal has been reached on aid for Puerto Rico. Iowans recovering from flooding would also benefit.
A Bishop Heelan High School graduate who says he was sexually abused at the age of 12 is calling on Iowa Lawmakers to get rid of the statute of limitations in child sex abuse cases. Sioux City native Tim Lennon is the president of The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. Speaking at a press conference this morning outside the Cathedral of the Epiphany, Lennon asked that abusers and the church be accountable.
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“People in Sioux City need to compel their politicians to enact strong laws, to compel the attorney general to do his job. To call on the church to be fully transparent.”
Lennon met with Iowa State Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen yesterday. Earlier this year the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City released a list of 28 credibly accused priests in an investigation of child sex abuse by clergy. Lennon says he was abused by Father Gerald Murphy as a child. Thirty other accusers are on the list.
