ERIE (PA)
YourErie.com
October 5, 2018
By Jackie Roberts
The Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro in Erie today, sitting down with victims of clergy sexual abuse.
Shapiro says reforming the statute of limitations is not a partisan issue; he says it’s a matter of right and wrong. “The script has been flipped. You’re the hero. That bishop is the villain.” He’s holding those accountable who allowed the abuse to continue and praising those who chose to come forward.
This visit to Erie comes on the heels of the release of the nearly 900-page grand jury report detailing cases of sexual abuse in six Catholic dioceses across the commonwealth. Shapiro is talking to victims about creating a two-year window, for survivors take their cases to court, even if the statute of limitations has already expired.
James Faluszczak, Clergy Abuse Survivor, tells us, “I had been wanting for decades to be heard. I had gone to Bishop Persico, to Bishop Trautman, to multiple diocesan officials and was never heard.”
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