PENNSYLVANIA
Daily Times
Back in the spring, state Rep. Nick Miccarelli, Jamie Santora and others in the Delco delegation stuck their neck out.
The Republicans did something a lot of people thought would never happen in Harrisburg. They passed House Bill 1947.
Like their colleagues across the state, the local representatives were outraged over the latest grand jury report on child sexual abuse, this time in the Altoona-Johnstown diocese, which showed the exact same kind of abuse and cover-ups that had been pointed out a decade ago here in the Philadelphia Archdiocese.
They decided to send a message, joining a bipartisan wave that passed the measure by an 180-15.
Not only did they send a message, they also got one in return.
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