HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Legislature is closer to settling a yearslong battle over lifting criminal and civil statutes for child sexual abuse crimes. The Republican-controlled state Senate on Wednesday night rejected efforts to lift time limits in state law that bar now-adult victims of child sexual abuse from suing their abusers and institutions that may have covered it up. Instead, the Senate approved a bill beginning the process of seeking to amend Pennsylvania’s Constitution to allow such lawsuits.