JOHNSTOWN (PA)
Tribune-Democrat
May 19, 2019
By Jocelyn Brumbaugh
Brooke Rush sat in a crowded Cambria County courtroom and listened as more than a dozen women shared details of their abuse at the hands of a former Johnstown pediatrician.
Their stories matched her experiences, but she couldn’t testify because she was past the statute of limitations – age 30 for child sexual abuse.
“Even though the words weren’t coming out of my mouth, my story was still being told,” she said.
Rush said she was 11 years old when, in the late 1980s, Dr. Johnnie “Jack” Barto abused her during an office visit.
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