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Brown and sister share story of abuse

Their message resonates in push for Violence Against Women law

By Stephanie Ebbert

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 23, 2012

US Senator Scott Brown and his sister toured a shelter for victims of domestic violence on Friday and spoke of their own experiences as children in an abusive household to highlight the importance of reauthorizing the federal Violence Against Women Act. “It was deeply moving to speak to the victims,’’ Brown told reporters afterward. “The similarities as to what they went through and what we went through is really overwhelming.’’

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