PENNSYLVANIA
Lehigh Valley Live
By Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com
Mark Rozzi’s rape at the hands of Pennsylvania priest is not a secret anymore.
The state representative from Berks County has spoken publicly about his sex abuse as a 13-year-old boy, including sharing his story on the House floor in Harrisburg.
But Rozzi’s retelling last month in Pittsburgh, as part of his testimony before a grand jury investigating claims of child sex abuse in the Allentown and Harrisburg dioceses, was still pivotal, he said.
“I never told my story in front of people who had a stake in moving it forward,” Rozzi said of his Aug. 17 testimony, which he said lasted more than three hours. “It was so justifying and so rewarding.”
Word came Thursday and Friday that the Allentown and Harrisburg dioceses are being investigated for child sex abuse claims by a state grand jury.
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