The child sexual abuse lawsuits bill comes as a judge has granted the Maryland Attorney General to release a report on sexual assault claims within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.
The Catholic Church has spent at least $200,000 lobbying against provisions of the bill that would allow Maryland clergy abuse lawsuits to be filed decades after the incidents occurred.
Maryland Attorney General is seeking to release church documents and the findings of its investigation into hundreds of sexual abuse incidents involving the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
The city spends $5.3 million a year on cleaning up cigarette butt litter.
