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By Kelsey Gibbs | kgibbs@wcia.com
Published 05/25 2016
ILLINOIS — Currently, if a child is sexually assaulted, he or she has until the age of 38 to come forward and seek justice. Victims say, sometimes it takes longer than that to speak out. One survivor want to change the law.
“To let my family in the schools know that a gentleman has sexually assaulted me.”
Doug Goff told a story to a roomful of lawmakers he has never openly shared before.
“17- or 18-years old, this happened at Danville High School. This happened during school hours and it happened on the school grounds.”
The year 1988 forever changed the life of a teenaged Doug Goff.
“I was embarrassed. When a male has done that to me, I was just not in the position to come forward. I don’t want to be bullied anymore in high school.”
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