PENNSYLVANIA
ABC 27
By Mark Hall
Published: November 17, 2015
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.”
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