PENNSYLVANIA
The Patriot-News
By Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com
on October 08, 2013
A grassroots advocacy organization for child sex abuse victims is stepping up the pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on child sex abuse crimes.
Justice4PAKids is running advertisements on PennLive and in editions of The Patriot-News with a haunting message that they hope will motivate legislative leaders to act this fall.
It says, “PA legislative leaders: Many victims of child sexual abuse live with this nightmare: ‘He’s still out there.’ And they can’t even talk about he did because the statute of limitations expired.”
Maureen Martinez, co-founder and president of the Malvern-based group focused solely on dealing with this statute of limitations issue, said her group has worked faithfully for nearly three years on getting the statute of limitations on child sex abuse crimes lifted. Yet, any legislation that would alter the statute of limitations has yet to get a vote by the full House or Senate.
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