Ohio Supreme Court weighs repressed memories abuse claim

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is resolving apparent conflicts between a state law and a previous court ruling over deadlines for suing over child sexual abuse.

The case before the court today involves a claim filed by a 33-year-old woman in 2008 after she says she recalled abuse she suffered as a child.

The woman says a 1994 state Supreme Court ruling allows abuse claims to start when a victim recovers repressed memories of the abuse.

But a 2006 law only allowed victims of child sexual abuse to file claims until they turn 30, or 12 years after becoming adults.

Two lower courts dismissed the woman’s claim, saying the deadline for filing the claim had expired and the 2006 law did not permit exceptions for repressed memories.