Survivors want accountability and transparency. They’ve waited long enough | Opinion
As lawmakers return to Harrisburg this week, it is imperative that they prioritize passing window legislation that will allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to seek justice against perpetrators and the institutions that enabled them.
As an attorney, I have received innumerable phone calls from adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The calls are all too familiar – they are reaching out because they finally have the strength to talk about what happened to them as a child, and they want to seek justice through the court system.
Often, I am the first person they have ever had the courage to tell. Most of the time, it has taken decades for them to find the strength to come forward. Unfortunately, I frequently have to tell survivors that, while I commend their courage, there’s little we can do because of an outdated statute of limitations that makes it impossible for many victims…
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