PENNSYLVANIA
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BY LAUREN HENSLEY FRIDAY, MARCH 4TH 2016

EBENSBURG, Pa.- Local lawmakers rallied at the Ebensburg courthouse Friday, asking for change. They want to abolish the statute of limitations on sex abuse charges. This is following a grand jury report uncovered widespread sex abuse and its cover up across the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown.

“These laws could have been passed 15 years ago;And we might not be in this position we are today. We could have saved hundreds of lives. Legislators have failed to act, and that is a fact,” said Rep. Mark Rozzi, (D)-126th District Berks Co.

Rozzi said this mission is personal. The 147-page grand jury report brought him back to his own nightmare. He was sexual abused repeatedly at the hands of a priest in 1983.

“I was never the same again,” Rozzi said.

By the time Rozzi came to terms with his…