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Eugene DePasquale’s new ad in the Pennsylvania Attorney General race criticizes York County DA Dave Sunday for failing to protect sexual abuse survivors. The ad, narrated by retired police sergeant Matt Feldmeier, highlights Sunday’s failure to convict rapists and his leniency towards a police officer who abused a minor. DePasquale, a former Auditor General, is noted for reducing the state’s rape kit backlog by 90%.
Eugene DePasquale’s Ad Criticizes Dave Sunday’s Record on Sexual Abuse Cases
A new ad in the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s race highlights York County’s Republican District Attorney Dave Sunday’s failure to protect children from sexual abuse.
Sunday is running for Attorney General against Pennsylvania’s former Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.
The ad, narrated by retired Plum Borough police sergeant Matt Feldmeier, was released by DePasquale’s campaign earlier this week.
“As law enforcement, our duty is to protect the most vulnerable. That’s why even though I’m a Republican, I can’t support Dave Sunday for Attorney General,” Feldmeier states.
The ad explains how Sunday failed to convict three teenagers who were accused of raping a 14-year old at gunpoint outside the York County Fair in 2018.
It also highlights a former York City police officer who received no jail time and a five-year probation sentence for sexually abusing a teenage girl.
At the time, the officer was charged with five felonies, including unlawful contact with a minor and dissemination of child sex acts. The officer eventually pled guilty to corruption of minors, a misdemeanor.
Expect this issue to persist until the November election. As Auditor General, DePasquale’s notable achievement was reducing the state’s rape kit backlog by nearly 90%.
The Auditor General’s office defined a backlogged kit as one awaiting testing for 12 months or more. DePasquale’s office reduced the backlogged kits from 3,127 to 339 in three years.
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