PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
by Kody Leibowitz
Monday, April 3rd 2017
HARRISBURG — Survivors of child sex abuse and their supporters took to the steps of the state capitol to ask lawmakers to pass their bill, one they are calling the “real deal.”
With his back to a row of reporters now facing his supporters, Rep. Mark Rozzi summed up why those wanting a statute of limitations reform stood together outside the Capitol Building on Monday.
“Two-year window,” Rozzi (D-Berks) shouted to cheers.
The two-year window Rozzi mentioned is the push to open up a civil retroactive window, which he said would help past victims of child sex abuse.
“Everybody that supports the bill I say represents victims. If you don’t support retroactivity, then you support perpetrators and the institutions and the insurance companies,” said Rozzi. “So you’ll have to pick your side here.”
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.