The point of the sentence you referenced was that it WAS INDEED BAD that the monster Sandusky did those awful things to the boys, but what made it EVEN WORSE was the MASSIVE COVER-UP that allowed him to continue victimizing boys. I was NOT downplaying the child RAPE!
But that’s not the way the sentence read. The structuring did indeed down play the rape. NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU USE CAPS.