Reply #18: Interestingly, my husband got exactly the same feeling when he heard that on TV.

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I turned my TV off this morning because this comes back on the morning program every ten minutes.

This said, he was less inactive than I thought as a state senator.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/17/victims_and_advocates_praise_brown_for_going_public_about_childhood/

Jetta Bernier, executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Children, a nonprofit group dedicated to helping abused and vulnerable children, said she has long regarded Brown as a supporter of legislative efforts to curb sexual abuse.

About five years ago, he was among supporters of a bill that extended the period of time in which a victim of sex abuse could file charges against a perpetrator. Around the same time, he called sexual abuse the “number one public safety issue affecting us here in the Commonwealth,’’ at a press conference with several lawmakers and then-Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, according to the State House News Service.

Bernier said the extended reporting time measure is now law, and as a result victims have up to 27 years past their 16th birthday to bring charges. She said Brown’s Senate office recently cosponsored a federal bill that would, among other things, limit the ability of those convicted of sex abuse from working in a variety of settings. Brown’s office, she said, has asked her group for input on that initiative.

For his work at the state level, Brown earned the Spirit of Compassion Award in 2008 from the advocacy group Community VOICES, which works on behalf of sex abuse victims, according to executive director Laurie Myers. She said word of Brown’s own abuse came as a surprise.

So, I will have to reserve my judgement until later.