Victims of child sex abuse are often shut out of the justice system by a statute of limitations. For nearly 40 years, Scott Cross hid from everybody what he called
his “darkest secret.” And in a federal courtroom, the 53-year-old
revealed it to the world.
“Coach Hastert sexually abused me in 1979, my senior year in high school,” Cross said at former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s Wednesday sentencing hearing on bank fraud charges.
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“Coach Hastert sexually abused me in 1979, my senior year in high school,” Cross said at former House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s Wednesday sentencing hearing on bank fraud charges.
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