The American Psychiatric Association supports the elimination of statutes of limitations on crimes of childhood sexual abuse (Stogner v. California, 2003).

“Sex offenders who abuse children use psychological manipulation to prevent their victims from taking any self-protective action while the abuse is ongoing, and to deter them from disclosing the abuse after the fact…The effects of psychological manipulation can last well into adulthood, long after the abuse has ended,” Judith Herman, M.D., Testimony before the Massachusetts State Legislature, April 2003