SAX Parser does not read after a new line

I use the SAX parser to parse preformed text, as shown below:

<content><![CDATA[(a) Definitions. 
   (i) term - Definition of term
   (ii) term 2 - Definition of term 2
   (iii) term 3 - Definition of term 3]]>
</content>

My handler

public void characters(char ch[], int start, int length){
    if (content) {
        contentText = new String(ch, start, length));
    }   
}     

However, I only get the first line of "(a) Definitions" in my character buffer. Other lines are not copied. How can I access the missing lines?

Thank.