THAN 24 YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME THE CAUSE OF ACTION
OCCURS, THE INDIVIDUAL SHALL HAVE UNTIL ATTAINING 30
YEARS OF AGE TO COMMENCE AN ACTION FOR DAMAGES REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL FILES A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
REGARDING THE SEXUAL ABUSE.
[(II) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM
"SEXUAL ABUSE" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
FOLLOWING SEXUAL ACTIVITIES BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
23 YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER AND AN ADULT, PROVIDED THAT
THE INDIVIDUAL BRINGING THE CIVIL ACTION ENGAGED IN SUCH
ACTIVITIES AS A RESULT OF FORCIBLE COMPULSION OR BY
THREAT OF FORCIBLE COMPULSION WHICH WOULD PREVENT
RESISTANCE BY A PERSON OF REASONABLE RESOLUTION:
(A) SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, WHICH INCLUDES
PENETRATION, HOWEVER SLIGHT, OF ANY BODY PART OR
OBJECT INTO THE SEX ORGAN OF ANOTHER;
(B) DEVIATE SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, WHICH INCLUDES
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE PER OS OR PER ANUS; AND
(C) INDECENT CONTACT, WHICH INCLUDES ANY
TOUCHING OF THE SEXUAL OR OTHER INTIMATE PARTS OF THE
PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF AROUSING OR GRATIFYING
SEXUAL DESIRE IN EITHER PERSON.
(III) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, "FORCIBLE
COMPULSION" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO IT IN 18
PA.C.S. § 3101 (RELATING TO DEFINITIONS).]
(C) TEMPORARY WINDOW TO FILE CLAIMS.--NOTWITHSTANDING
SUBSECTION (B) OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ENTITLED TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION ARISING FROM
SEXUAL ABUSE IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AT THE
TIME THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUED, AND IF THE LIMITATION PERIOD
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