The survivors also highlighted two bills they are hoping to pass this session that would eliminate the statute of limitations completely and allow survivors of any age to sue their abusers.
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The average age of disclosure for victims of child sex abuse is 52, and the median is 48, according to a 2014 study of more than 1,000 survivors. The survivors pointed instead to two bills they are hoping will pass this session: House Bill 206 and Senate Bill 751, identical measures that would eliminate the statute of limitations completely and allow survivors of any age to sue. Those bills have bipartisan support in both chambers and have been assigned to committees, but neither had been scheduled for a hearing as of Wednesday.
Survivors say the legislation would carve a path to justice for hundreds, if not thousands, of Texans who have not had the opportunity to confront their abusers in court. They have lived for decades dealing with the effects of abuse, while the people who hurt them may have never faced the consequences of their actions., said he has been in a “lifelong pursuit of trying to get justice.” Garrison said he was abused as a child while participating in Boy Scouts programming.
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