Harrisburg Cinema helps raise awareness about sexual abuse

By Mark Hall
ABC 27
November 17, 2015

http://abc27.com/2015/11/17/harrisburg-cinema-helps-raise-awareness-about-sexual-abuse/

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A private advance screening of the film “Spotlight” took place on Tuesday evening at the Midtown Cinema.

The film is a true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the scandal of the child sexual abuse cover-up within the Boston Archdiocese.

State representatives Mark Rozzi, D-Berks, and Tom Murt, R-Montgogomery, hosted the event. Both support legislation that would modify the Pennsylvania statute of limitations to allow victims to pursue civil action against abusers and the institutions that shield them.

Rozzi has spoken openly about being a victim of abuse as a child. and he says we all have to keep the spotlight on the problem.

“I realize that I had to stand up,” said Rozzi, “I have to be the voice for the powerless and voiceless and for the children who were abused.”

Rozzi says two friends were also abused by the same priest in Reading during the early 80’s. Both have committed suicide, and Rozzi says he has to continue to fight against sexual abuse, so others will not have to endure what they have gone through.