YORK (PA)
WPMT FOX43
June 6, 2018
By Matt Maisel
Berks County Democratic State Representative Mark Rozzi was this week’s guest on the FOX43 Capitol Beat.
Rozzi sat down with FOX43 Morning News anchor Matt Maisel to discuss his push to reform Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations laws when it comes to child sex abuse crimes.
Rozzi has been Pennsylvania’s leading advocate for victims of child sex abuse since coming into office in 2013. Since then, he’s told his story countless times; when he was 13 years old, Rozzi was raped by his priest at his childhood church in Reading. He says as he’s gotten older, his trauma has gotten worse. Rozzi also considers himself fortunate; three of his childhood friends, also victims of the same priest, committed suicide.
Recently, the State Senate passed SB 261, which would give child victims until they turn 50 years old to seek civil damages against their abusers or those who could have potentially stopped the abuse. Current state law stops the window to sue at 30 years old.
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