Posted on 11/15/2011 3:20:20 AM PST by scottfactor
The astonishing news in the past couple of weeks out of State College, Pennsylvania has left America reeling. It is not so much that a monster like former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky would do the atrocious things he reportedly did to at least 8 boys, but that it appears a massive cover-up allowed him to continue his detestable treatment of those poor kids who were under his “care.”
Sandusky is charged with 40 criminal counts, 21 of them felonies, relating to sexual assault on at least 8 boys, some possibly as young as 7 or 8 years old, according to the Grand Jury presentation. Sandusky was released on $100,000 bail by a woman judge who has ties as a volunteer and donor to Sandusky’s Second Mile charity foundation for troubled kids, through which he chose his victims.
There is nothing but wickedness throughout this story, and when I read the 23-page Centre County Pennsylvania Grand Jury Presentation, I was sickened, not only by Sandusky’s actions, but also by the fact that he was taking advantage of little boys through his access to them in his Second Mile charity foundation. These are boys who already had strikes against them, having been labeled as “troubled” kids, most of them from broken or dysfunctional families.
My heart aches for those kids who Sandusky lavished with gifts, money and outings to sporting events and other “fun” things. The boys were initially happy to get to go to the football games, practices, dinners and trips, but they did not know the terrible price they would pay for those treats. The Grand Jury presentation is filled with the obscene details, and it is almost unimaginable that an adult would do such things to little children.
Throughout this whole ordeal, in which new, astounding details continue to emerge, I keep thinking of the words of Jesus recorded in the Gospels. As written in Matthew 18,
“At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
‘But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!”
Jerry Sandusky is a man to whom that bit of Scripture directly applies.
Bryan Fischer, who is a radio host for the American Family Radio’s daily “Focal Point” program, wrote a hard-hitting piece on Sandusky that was published on Saturday at the Renew America website. In part, Mr. Fischer wrote,
“Jerry Sandusky faces 450 years in prison but deserves to die.
Sandusky is the former assistant coach at Penn State who has been charged with the sexual molestation of at least eight boys, some as young as age 10. Later accounts indicate that the toll may now be as high as 20, and that number is likely to grow as more details of this sordid affair come to light.
Despicably, Sandusky had access to these young boys through his charitable work with at-risk youth, a horrid abuse of trust and power.
... Sandusky was not reported to law enforcement authorities, as required by law, but instead, according to numerous press accounts, was allowed to resign in exchange for Penn State's silence.
Now stories are circulating that Sandusky may have pimped out his young charges at The Second Mile foundation to high rolling Penn State donors, a story which, if true, will consign any number of people to one of the lowest circles in hell.”
This is nearly beyond comprehension. We have yet to hear any further information regarding the pimping rumors, but we do know that Sandusky’s behavior was not reported to law enforcement authorities, and two Penn State officials have been charged with failing to alert police of the complaints against Sandusky. And, as you know, Head Coach Joe Paterno and Penn State President Graham Spanier were both fired. Both of them had prior knowledge of the complaints against Sandusky.
Penn State’s Athletic Director Tim Curley and Senior Vice President for Business and Finance Gary Schultz were both told by a graduate assistant that he witnessed Sandusky raping a little boy in one of the football building shower rooms on campus, but both Curley and Schultz denied having this knowledge when they testified before the Grand Jury during its 18-month investigation. Instead of telling the truth, they chose to downplay the incident as Sandusky “horsing around” with the child in the shower. They lied to protect themselves, but in this case, their lies did not succeed. The Grand Jury states that these two men provided “materially false statements under oath in an official proceeding.”
Lying under oath, covering up child rape—what would make these men, as well as Joe Paterno and others, deliberately bury these awful actions of Sandusky? Is the reputation of Penn State and the football program more important than the lives and spirits of all these little boys? In no way is it, but apparently the power of the forces of college football were stronger than any desire these people may have had to do the right thing and put a stop to the homosexual pedophile monster Jerry Sandusky.
In his column, Bryan Fischer makes the point that all the attention that is being given to Coach Paterno and the others is an attempt to distract from the homosexual aspect of Sandusky’s hellish behavior.
“The press has focused largely on Paterno and others in the Penn State hierarchy who covered up Sandusky's pedophilia, some of whom even committed perjury to keep his dark and dirty secret from being exposed.
But perhaps some of that press focus is diversionary, to direct the attention of the public away from one of the darkest pathologies associated with homosexual behavior: homosexuals molest children at ten times the rate of heterosexuals.
Homosexual activists will of course lamely argue that since Sandusky is married, he is not a homosexual. Fine, call him bisexual if you will. But his sex crimes are same-sex crimes, and 10-year old boys whose bodies have been cruelly invaded could [not] care less what label homosexual activists want to slap on their abuser.
A study of 229 convicted child molesters in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that 86 percent of offenders against males 'described themselves as homosexual or bisexual.' Despite comprising about three percent of the population, homosexual pedophiles commit about one-third of all sex offenses against children.”
Yes, Sandusky is one of the worst of the worst. When I consider the unnatural and barbaric nature of his treatment of all those little boys, I continue to be outraged that groups such as the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) are allowed to exist in our nation. NAMBLA is described on the Metapedia website as,
“… a pedophile and homosexual criminal cabal located in the United States, that lobbies to abolish laws which protect children from sexual abuse at the hands of perverts. It also wants the pedophile criminals who have been caught and put in prison for sexually abusing children to be released.”
Who could have imagined even a generation ago that we here in America would ever allow such degenerate vegetables to come out of their sick shadows and actually lobby for this kind of wickedness? Those pedophile deviants deserve no less scorn for their dark and diseased minds than does Sandusky, because they support the very things Sandusky is accused of doing.
This awful story is far from over, and in fact, it may never be over for the victims. The terrible effects of childhood sexual abuse remain throughout the lives of those people who have been victims of adult sex predators, although there is emotional and spiritual healing available through the Lord if any of them takes hold of Him. We have no way of knowing how many boys were sexually assaulted by Jerry Sandusky, but I have no doubt it is a much larger number than will ever be officially known.
As hidden truths are uncovered, it is likely that more people will be implicated in this horrendous cover-up. What about Sandusky’s wife and his six adopted children? Did they have a clue? Many of the sex abuse instances are reported to have occurred in the Sandusky home. Sandusky has been married to the same woman since the mid-1960s, and she would have to be one oblivious lady not to have known of her husband’s evil proclivities, but I suppose it is not out of the realm of possibility that she was unaware. After all, we often do not see what we do not want to see.
Regardless of who knew what and when, ultimately, the law will deal with Jerry Sandusky, and hopefully he will be stopped from preying on children by being locked up for the rest of his unnatural life.
Got through the first couple pages. Had to stop.
If this had been one of my sons, I’d be in prison and Sandusky would not be out on bail.
Yep, he'd be taking the ol' dirt nap.
That lawyer should be brought up on charges.....that is, if we still have an intact justice system left.
Sandusky says he regularly showered with young boys .....
This predator should be made to understand that most grown men would not do that............amd have no desire to do that.
A sociopath with a sexual degeneracy at his heart lacks the conscience to ‘turn states evidence’. Only some bargain could accomplish such a thing, like guaranteeing he is held for the rest of his life in a country club prison as opposed to general prison population of SingSing. And frankly, I don’t expect Sandusky to live much long if his lawyer detects signs of him ‘turning states evidence’. Evil is so inveigled in the issues and around this degenerate and the Second Mile ‘donors’ and some workers, it will likely go the same place the Franklin sex/rape/abuse case went, down the obscurity hole. The FBI made that one go away for some very powerful people to remain hidden.
In the 90s my fourth and last son started college at Miami of Ohio. I knew when I delivered him to campus it would be a challenge for him. Many Che Guevara, militant feminist and anti US tshirts.
It was mandatory for all new students to attend a student- led orientation. The orientation’s purpose was to make it clear Miami was a PC Marxist school. One kid objected to this impingement on his free speech. My son supported him. When he got back to his room someone had tacked a swastica to his door. He finished the first year and then transferred to Lehigh. This is what nonMarxist kids are subjected to. They’re free speech right is suppressed on the Marxist PC altar.
Yes, he APPEARS to be a slime ball, but with every news show opening with a rehash of this porn how can people not believe it?
He showered with young boys. A long time ago I worked at a YMCA. We had showers for males and females – not men, women, boys and girls. Only two showers. I guess times and locker rooms have changed.
But you’ve already convicted him.
Jack wagon?
I protest too much? I defend our law and Constitution. I dislike the continual coverage of this garbage. When the story first broke I too note and became aware of the accusation, I don’t need to be bombarded with it every time I turn on the news. I’m at the point where I change the channel every time this garbage is rehashed. I find the whole thing sick.
But he did seek out SOME for his “sexual needs”, by his own admission.
I don't need to “convict” someone who has already admitted guilt. I mean how stupid is that?
I cannot condemn a man whose own words condemn himself?
I suppose you would let Sandusky shower with you when you were 10 years old? Think nothing of it? Hope he doesn't chose you to satisfy his “sexual needs”?
How moronic.
OK, you and others have already convicted him. I assume you would approve of a constitutional amendment exempting accused (accused, not convicted) child molesters to be exempt from constitutional protections. Just let our “esteemed” news media determine guilt. When this happens take the accused to an arena and let the mob tear him apart, similar to the ancient Romans.
By the way, the star witness for the prosecution (McQueary) was seemingly caught in a major lie. He claims to have reported the shower incident to the police but they have no record of it.
Are you sexually attracted to young boys?
“I could say that I have done some of those things,” Sandusky said. “I have horsed around with kids. I have showered after workouts. I have hugged them and I have touched their legs without intent of sexual contact,” he said. “Am I sexually attracted to underage boys? Sexually attracted, no — I enjoy young people, I love to be around them ... but no, I am not sexually attracted to young boys,” Sandusky replied to Costas.
There is an elementary school behind Sandusky’s back yard.
I rarely get involved in any commentary of the latest legal “fascination” on FR or anywhere really. Everyone IS assumed innocent, until proven guilty.
In Sandusky’s case, there is no question however, not in the court of public opinion. Have you heard his interview? Not just read it, but heard it? Everyone can know, and should know, from hearing that alone...................he’s a predatory monster.
Absolute idiocy.
The guy's own words convict himself. He didn't seek sex from ALL the kids he “helped”, he explained.
McQueary is not the star witness - the eight kids who came forward were - McQueary was only called to testify AFTER those eight kids came forward.
Now there are ten more kids.
And the guy is saying he didn't seek sex from ALL the kids he “helped”.
I suppose you think OJ is innocent - no need to speak of his probable guilt before the sentence - and absolutely no need to after they found him innocent?
HE IS DESPICABLE
Our news media has convicted him. That’s good enough.
Our news media has convicted him. That’s good enough.
Are you sexually attracted to young boys?
What an ignorant question. I am not defending Sandusky but our Constitution. It seems some here – just like 0bama – want to scrap that document.
Why the impassioned defense towards an admitted pedophile who didn't seek sex from ALL the kids he “helped”?
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