ILLINOIS
WUIS
Posted on June 3, 2013 by WUIS
Victims of sexual abuse in Illinois have a limited amount of time in which to file charges.
But a proposal on its way to the governor would back some of those limits.
Tiffany Denmark of Chicago said she was sexually abused not once, but twice, by a pastor – with the second encounter resulting in her becoming pregnant.
Denmark said she was pressured into having an abortion. Afterwards, she says she fell into a state of depression, and attempted suicide.
DENMARK: “My mother’s pastor was aware of what happened and even visited me in the hospital, but said because I didn’t say anything when I was younger it was too late.”
Illinois currently has a 10-year window where criminal sexual charges can be filed against an alleged attacker.
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