| Scumbag Sandusky and enabler Paterno in happier times |
What makes this thing so sordid is the same exact thing that happened with the Catholic church. Here the institution was a university and its squeaky clean football program and its squeaky clean legendary coach. But confronted with allegations that one of the football lights, Sandusky, had been caught sexually abusing children, the university covered the thing up and two of the college officials, including the Athletic Director, went on to perjure themselves before a grand jury in connection with this. And Saint Joe? Well, he was informed about this in 2002, and he reported it up the chain. And then . . . . does nothing. Doesn't confront Sandusky. Doesn't follow up on the report he made. Doesn't say anything when nothing happens in the case. And of course the higher ups don't do anything either.
WTF is wrong with these people? You have to wonder how much of this heinous behavior--the crime and the silence--is going on all over America. Is Penn State and the Catholic Church just the tip of a huge rancid iceberg?
Update I: The news Wednesday evening is that Paterno and the president of Penn State have both been fired. Good.
4 comments:
Simply Grotesque.
Let's not lump Penn State in with the Ivy's though. That would be U Penn
Thanks for that catch, Stu. I'll fix.
the 'good' thing in all this is that when one such act is brought out publicly, a lot of the others emerge. like the less-criminal but still horrid sexual harrassment allegations about the virtuous Mr. Cain. or, since he is fond of royal titles, king cain. i don't know that it helps the victims much, though maybe it validates their emotions over the succeeding years, but maybe it can contribute to a reduction of such behaviors by like-minded sleazes in similar circumstances. and for now, at least, it's a big time for americans to turn over rocks and expose the the monstrous things they covered....
I think they are just the tip of the iceberg. I think the recent report on child abuse said that a child dies every 6 hours in the nation, a victim of abuse.
Then there are the abuses that do not kill outright, but work slowly and insidiously.
And I agree with KL that it is time to turn rocks over. However, we now know that nowadays the culprit is not always punished... there are complexities and nuances.
(It is interesting that at this time we act as if child abuse is not nuanced... I do not know where this line of thought is going to end up...)
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