"Time and again, questions about an alleged cover-up of a sex abuse scandal at Penn State, circled back to one name: Joe Paterno.
Major college football's oldest, winningest and perhaps most revered coach, was engulfed Monday in a growing furor involving former defensive coordinator and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky, who was indicted on charges of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years.
The Pennsylvania state police commissioner said Paterno fulfilled his legal requirement when he relayed to university administrators that a graduate assistant had seen Sandusky attacking a young boy in the team's locker room shower in 2002. But the commissioner also questioned whether Paterno had a moral responsibility to do more..."
Why the institutional child molestation? Is it a 'safe' environment for the preditor?
Like the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the other side of the State, some in charge looked on... and worse... turned away... as children were being raped and molested.
There never seems to be an answer as to why? We treat Priests and Coaches with kid-gloves as they practice a secret life of preying on the young. We do not go after the question of what led to such behavior.
It is frustrating and hard to look at, but that question needs to be answered. The children and their parents deserve an answer to that question.
Why?
No offense, but if there's a facebook like button, it'll be much easier for me to share.
Posted by: Elliptical reviews | November 29, 2011 at 10:53 PM