PENNSYLVANIA
The Patriot-News
By Patriot-News Editorial Board
Pennsylvania lawmakers cannot continue to hide behind the “we’ll get to it” mantra when it comes to reforming the state’s child abuse laws.
We owe it to the victims of Jerry Sandusky who bravely came forward against community pressure and in the midst of a media circus.
We owe it to the victims of child molestation at the hands of certain Catholic clergy in Philadelphia. They, too, stood their ground, leading to a landmark guilty verdict in the case of Monsignor William Lynn.
And we owe it to all the victims who have only felt able to come forward recently or who are still living in confusion and shame.
Just last week The Patriot-News received a letter to the editor from a woman in Camp Hill alleging abuse from a neighbor when she was growing up.
Lawmakers know what they should do.
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