PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
BY MARIA MILLER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16TH 2016
EBENSBURG — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was back in Cambria County Wednesday alongside county and state leaders to help announce thousands of dollars in funding to help victims of sexual abuse.
A total of $250,000 is being put aside to help sexual abuse victims, specifically in the Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, and on Wednesday elected leaders called on those victims to reach out.
“You are not alone,” said Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. “If you’re a victim and you have yet to come forward, we want to make sure that you have the support system in place in order to get the care that you need.”
“The silence is over,” Kane said. “We will no longer tolerate it here in PA.”
Leaders say the goal is to get the victims help whether they think they need it or not. Authorities say many victims have been dealing with this for decades, some of them their entire lives. Experts say seeing the headlines and stories on 6 News every day, can trigger painful memories. They say now is the time to call and with new money, more services will be available.
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