WILKES-BARRE (PA)
FOX 56
May 15, 2019
By Amanda Hoskins
Victims of sexual abuse by a Pennsylvania doctor are asking for their chance to file suits against him and the institutions they say covered it up.
Backing a Senate bill introduced in April, the victims took their stories to the state capitol Wednesday.
Just this week New Jersey’s governor signed a statute of limitations bill into law, making it the 11th state to do so.
Victims hope the more they share their stories, the more pressure it will put on lawmakers in Pennsylvania to act too.
“He fondled and penetrated me as an 11 year old,” explained Ashley Krzanowsky.
She said what happened to her inside Dr. Johnnie Barto’s office 22 years ago has scarred her.
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