PENNSYLVANIA
Foundation to Abolish Chile Sexual Abuse (FACSA)
April 20, 2015
URGENT, TIME SENSITIVE REQUEST:
There is possibility that PA House Judiciary Chairman Marsico may bring the proposed statute of limitations legislation before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow. This is likely NOT because he has changed his mind about the legislation, but rather likely some devious political move.
Please contact members of the House Judiciary Committee tonight or very early tomorrow (you can leave a message on their phone line).
MAIN MESSAGE:
Support these bills (HB 661, 951 and 655) to protect PA children now and that will be coming up for a vote in Judiciary Committee tomorrow.
BECAUSE:
* Child Sexual Abuse is an epidemic: 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 5 boys will experience some form of sexual abuse before they are 18. Only 1 in 10 every tell.
* The longterm health-care and economic impact of child sex abuse is staggering and society has been picking up the tab for this for decades.
* Current SOL laws are arbitrary and have not been taken up in the Judiciary Committee for 10 years.
* SOL Reform laws have been introduced EVERY legislative session for the last 10 years and have been ignored, despite very strong recommendations from the first Philadelphia Grand Jury that investigated the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2005.
* Current SOL laws favor perpetrators who rely on the fear of children and teens to not report.
* There is a body of scientific, social and legal evidence that indicates it can take more than 20 years for adult victims to come forward thus aging out of the current SOLs.
* Predators do not retire. They cannot stop the compulsion to abuse children and teens.
Judiciay Committee Members and Harrisburg Office phone numbers:
Ron Marsico 717-783-2014
Todd Stephens 717-260-6163
Jim Cox 717-772-2435
Sheryl Delozier 717-783-5282
Garth Everett 717-787-5270
Glen Grell 717-783-2063
Joseph Hackett 717-260-6168
Barry Jozwiak 717-772-9940
Mark Keller 717-783-1593
Tim Krieger 717-260-6146
Tedd Nesbit 717-783-6438
Mike Regan 717-783-8783
Rick Saccone 717-260-6122
Marcy Toepel 717-787-9501
Tarah Toohil 717-260-6136
Mike Vereb 717-705-7164
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