Washington – Education Secretary Arne Duncan said allegations of sexual abuse involving Penn State University are heartbreaking and make him “extraordinarily angry.”
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If the allegations are proven true, it’s “mind boggling” that it was allowed to go on for so long, Duncan told The Associated Press in an interview on Monday. He said educators have an “absolute moral, ethical and legal responsibility” to protect kids.
“If a blind eye was turned towards it, or if the allegations were somewhat buried or not taken seriously, well, you’re actually perpetuating the problem,” Duncan said. “You’re giving the abuser more opportunities to hurt more kids. I just can’t fathom that.”
Duncan said the Education Department has been working on efforts to prevent sexual violence on college campuses, but it’s too early to know if it would be involved at Penn State in any way.
Two high-ranking university administrators have stepped down after facing charges that they lied to a grand jury investigating former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and failed to properly report suspected child abuse. Sandusky was arrested on charges that he preyed on boys he met through a charity. All three have maintained they are innocent.
shocking story it seems the powers to be including Peterno hide this and shoved it under the rug.
we can learn from this
the sports community even those who knew perterno are not rallying around him
they are condemning him NOT SUPPORTING HIM AND OFFER HIM JOBS like some of us do to our enablers
nobody is trying to ship him to Italy to avoid punishment
Their is no cry this is only because he is Italian and screaming this is a vendetta to shame Italians and so on
no excuses just shock and the people need to be punished and brought to justice and hopefully it will deter others