JEFFERSON CITY (MO)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
January 15, 2020
By Tynan Stewart
For two decades, Bryan Bacon kept the memories of his abuse locked away.
In 1985, Bacon was sexually assaulted at knifepoint by an assistant principal at St. John Vianney High School in Kirkwood. He repressed the traumatic memory for years, he said, but it resurfaced in 2005 when he was 35.
Bacon told his story to the House Children and Families Committee in a hearing Tuesday. He was there to support a proposal that would remove the statute of limitations for filing civil lawsuits in cases of childhood sexual abuse. Currently, the law gives survivors of abuse 10 years to file civil claims.
The proposal comes after Missouri removed the statute of limitations for criminal cases in 2018.
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