Noah Slams Catholic Church for Blocking Removal of Statute of Limitations on Sex Abuse

NOAH: "You would think something as awful as molesting children would have no statute of limitations. I understand why some people can't be tried for certain crimes after a certain amount of time has passed. But, come on, guys. This is child abuse. It's not Snapchat. In Hastert's case, under Illinois state law, he could be charged for abuse only if his students had reported it within three years. Within three years. It's unbelievable that this type of sex abuse has a statute of limitations, especially considering the crimes that don't. For example, and this is all true. If Dennis Hastert had double parked while he was molesting a kid, he could still be penalized for double parking to this day. Yeah. Or if he was busy molesting students and he was so busy doing it he forgot to pay off his federal student loans he could still be penalized for that today. Or even if Dennis Hastert had tried to fraudulently write off the Lay-Z-Boy as business expense, he could still be charged with tax fraud today. But none of this for the abuse. Removing statute of limitations on child abuse shouldn't be a controversial topic. Who in God's name would even fight you on this?"
CNN [video]: "Connecticut lawmakers want to get rid of the statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases. But they're running into some fervent opposition, and it's coming from the Roman Catholic Church."
NOAH: "The Catholic Church thinks we shouldn't punish people for crimes that happened a long time ago and yet one woman ate an apple six thousand years ago and we're still paying for it."