Delegate C.T. Wilson is the proud army veteran, an attorney and also loving father, the accomplishments which define him. But it also has the dark details of his past that he is using to illuminate a serious problem. "I grew up in foster care as a little boy, and was finally placed in a home but I was adopted by a pedophile. So from the ages of roughly nine to 16 I was sexually abused by my adoptive father," he said.

He knows what it feels like to be broken, the pain and also isolation that survivors of childhood sexual abuse endure. It is the reason for the past three years he has backed legislation to extend the statute of limitations to sue a molester, or a school, church or team which enabled an abuser.

Tuesday, Governor Larry Hogan signed the bill into a law.

In Maryland, the criminal case of child sex abuse has no statute of limitations, but the victims only had until they turned 25 to file a civil case and also seek damages. The new law extends that time frame by 13 years, so the people now have until they are 38 years old can file a civil lawsuit.

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Advocates for the child sex abuse victims call the legislation a victory, and said many times survivors need to heal before they come forward.

Wilson told that he hopes this law helps people, and lets them know they are not alone.

"My goal was to just give those individuals a voice and just let them know, you know, we do care about you, we care about your suffering, we want to make sure that, you know, at least you have an opportunity," Wilson said.

The law takes effect from 1st July.

Mrudula Duddempudi.