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McDonnell weighs change on filing sexual abuse lawsuits

By "eAdvocate"

3-3-2011 Virginia: Flipping through photographs five years ago, Becky Ianni came across an image that changed her life. The photo was of a 9-year-old Ianni with Monsignor William T. Reinecke, a pastor at her family's Alexandria church who she says molested her for two years after befriending her family. "He told me that God would be mad at me and I'd go to hell," said Ianni, now 53. "I figured what was happening was my fault and that God was punishing me because I was a bad person ? I just buried it." Finding the photo awakened those buried emotions. "I just couldn't put it aside any longer," she said. Ianni's was one of several stories that helped legislation to dramatically increase the time limit under which victims of sexual abuse can file lawsuits clear this year's General Assembly...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on March 03, 2011 (boomark / email).