When lawyers for the Colorado bishops came before a Senate committee hearing a bill that would open a 2 year window on the sexual abuse statute of limitations, their arguments grew more desperate as the testimony wore on. At one point, a church lawyer actually stated that the church had fixed the sexual abuse problem by 1991! Incredible as it may seem, the church seems bent at going to any lengths to insulate itself from the criminal behavior of its priests. Fortunately, the state Senators were unimpressed with their arguments and voted 5-1 in favor of opening the statute of limitations. The one dissenting voter continued to focus on the costs of litigation and implied that this was a trial lawyer ruse. The other members of the committee were not so swayed. The full Colorado Senate will hear the bill in the near future.