The fact that the good ole'boys club there are Catholic men is noted not just by myself. Indulge me, and allow a generalization its truthyness. Systemic obstruction of justice is showing itself as a component of Church Culture, Sports Culture, and State Prosecutor culture.
Idolatry is a sin and yet we continue to idolize and make false models of athletes, celebrities, etc., forgetting that they are only human and contain evil just like the rest of us. Be careful who you choose to 'worship.' There are a lot of Sanduskys in the world and a lot of mesmerized worshippers who will help them hide their crimes.
This is not about football, this is not about a university, this is about vulnerable children whose lives have been ruined, and hopefully they can get some help to heal and get better. It is way past time for people to wake up and stop being in denial. We are talking about innocent children being treated worse than animals.
It is imperative that ANYONE who may have knowledge, witnessed, suspects, or may have been harmed by Jerry Sandusky, will speak up and report it to police.
Crimes have been committed, and "ALL" who enabled and covered up his crimes need be held accountable too. This is the only way to protect kids today. The victims are extremely brave and to be commended for taking action to expose the truth about being sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky. This is not an easy thing to do, but keep in mind silence only hurts, and by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511 snapjudy@gmail.com "Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" and all clergy. http://www.snapnetwork.org/
THIS IS THE WORLD WE LIVE IN ....PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT PITIFUL THINGS ..WHY WE COULDNT GET POWER RIGHT AWAY AFTER THE SNOW WE HAD HEAVY WET SNOW..ITS MOTHER NATURE ..ANOTHER COMPLAINING ABOUT NYCOR NJ TRAINS MAKING STOPS TO PICK UP OR DROP OFF THIER WORKERS A MINUTE OR 2 TO STOP ..GIVING ME A BREAK...WE ARE SO FOCUSED ON PITIFUL THINGS BUT NOT ON WHATS WORTH HOW THIS COUNTRY LACK OF MORALS ARE OWN THE DRAIN.....ARENT WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT....OR WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO LIKE THESE COACHES AND NOT DO ANYTHING I THINK SOMEHOW SOMETHING NEED TO CHANGE HOW I DONT KNOW ...MAYBE START STANDING UP FOR OUR CHILDREN AND BELIEVING IN THEM AND HAVING TIME TO FOCUS ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING WHERE THIER GOING AND MORE FAMILY TIME THAN MATERIAL THINGSS OR ACTIVITIES...
WHY WHEN THIS RED HEAD GUY WITNESS THISACT OF COWARDNESS DID NOT GO AND TACKLE AND BEAT THIS GUY UP ....I JUST DNT UNDERSTAND ..WHY DO WE IGNORE THESE TERRIBLE ACTS..AND TRUST AND BELIEVE OUR CHILDREN...THAT HAVE TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE NO MATTER IF THEY WHERE NOT THE ONES TO DO IT...ITS ALMOST AS IF IT WASNT MY KID...ALL OF THESE MEN WHO KNEW ABOUT JUST KEPT GOING ON WITH THIER LIVES AND NOT ONE CARED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO CONTINUE...I'M AT HOME ACTUALLY SICKED TO MY STOMACH OF THE COWARDNESS OF ALL OF THESE MEN WHO DIDNOT STAND UP FOR ONE LITTLE TEN YEAR OLD BOY??ITS BEEN IN MY MIND ..NOT ONE ..STOOD UP...OH YEAH THEY KEPT COACHING ..SPONSERING EVERYTHING ELSE AND JUST WALKED AWAY FROM AN HELPLESS LITTLE SOUL WHO FRIGHTEN HAD TO SUFFER SUCH TERRIBLE ACT ...I WILL KEEP SAYING SHAME ...
Penn State has a four billion dollar budget. The families of victims should hit them where it hurts--in their pocket.
They should also go after the McQuade Blasko law firm that represented the Second Mile program up until the evening that Paterno and Spanier were fired. Mr. Courtney's firm helped get the charges in 1998 dropped. That firm has helped Penn State cover up and evade prosecution in many different kinds of criminal and unethical activities.
The federal government should confiscate their files. It is a federal offense to travel across state lines with the intent to commit a sex crime.
If you witnessed a co-worker doing this to a ten year old child (read the indictment for horrible details. on the smoking gun website.), would you just turn around and let it continue? Would you think you'd fulfilled your responsibility by just telling another co-worker? Nope! You should stop it that second and go to the police. Instead, Penn State has rewarded this guy by making him head coach, now!
I agree with you regarding the coach who saw the abuse happening and reported it to Paterno. If Paterno was fired for not doing enough to stop this abuse, I certainly think the one who saw it in the first place should be gone also; not just protected from the public by being sidelined from this week's game. Had he called 911 maybe things would have been different for several young men in later years.
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It is way past time for people to wake up and stop being in denial. We are talking about innocent children being treated worse than animals.
It is imperative that ANYONE who may have knowledge, witnessed, suspects, or may have been harmed by Jerry Sandusky, will speak up and report it to police.
Crimes have been committed, and "ALL" who enabled and covered up his crimes need be held accountable too.
This is the only way to protect kids today.
The victims are extremely brave and to be commended for taking action to expose the truth about being sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky. This is not an easy thing to do, but keep in mind silence only hurts, and by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" and all clergy.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/
They should also go after the McQuade Blasko law firm that represented the Second Mile program up until the evening that Paterno and Spanier were fired. Mr. Courtney's firm helped get the charges in 1998 dropped. That firm has helped Penn State cover up and evade prosecution in many different kinds of criminal and unethical activities.
The federal government should confiscate their files. It is a federal offense to travel across state lines with the intent to commit a sex crime.