PENNSYLVANIA
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By Ivey DeJesus | idejesus@pennlive.com
His voice, though quivering, filled the cavernous chamber.
Rep. Mark Rozzi didn’t have to dig too deeply. The emotion had been welling in him – not for weeks – but years.
Rozzi, who was abused by a priest at the age of 13, was determined not to fail.
The legislation that could hold out some justice and recompense for hundreds if not thousands of victims like him was on the line.
In the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the hum of conversations among representatives and staffers came to a halt, the kind that amplifies a pin drop.
House Bill 1947 faced a motion for suspension. The bill would eliminate criminal statutes of limitation on child sex crimes here on out; it would extend the window for victims of child sexual abuse to take civil actions to age 50. Even past victims, under the law, would have until age 50 to file civil action.
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