The story around former Penn State Defensive Coordinator is so horrifying, so grotesque that it tests the boundaries of human interaction.
Everyone involved in the scandal, from those witnessing to those reporting to those prosecuting, seem at a loss for words and actions. There is no appropriate way to address any of it except, perhaps, a return to the middle ages where Sandosky can be hung on the town square and we can all feel clean, safe, purged.
Adult after adult came in contact with it and failed to report it, not knowing how to react to the claims. The blame is not only on Penn State and the recognizable names, its on a society that makes these subjects so taboo.
Joe Paterno, upon being told, went home to his bosses, horrified, disgusted, and petrified and told them to take care of it.
None of them are justified in their reactions, but what comes to light is that there needs to be new education. There need to be clearer laws to avoid something like this happening again.
A crime like this cannot become so unspeakable that people cannot find a way to report it. I do think Penn State was trying to protect its ass, as were some of the schools, but to ignore the other side of it, the side that refuses to accept acts like this can occur is hurting the children involved.
This case needs to become an opportunity for adults and children to learn a way to speak about something like this without guilt, without hesitation.
Unfortunately we live in a world were this happens more than we care to imagine, now is the time to bring it to the light and reveal the many Sandusky's not associated with a big time football program and get them to justice as well.
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