Problem not solved until those who knew and did nothing go to jail.
A Penn State alum who declined to give her name holds a sign outside Beaver Stadium before an NCAA college football game between Penn State against Nebraska, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 in State College, Pa.
We don’t really care anymore? Oh, sure, some of us are shocked to the core about the child-sex-abuse scandal at Penn State University. Some of us are genuinely angry and wonder aloud on talk-radio stations how this could happen again.
For me, it’s easy to understand how this could happen again: We don’t really care about protecting children from sexual predators even though we claim that safeguarding our children is our No. 1 responsibility and concern. We talk a good game, but we don’t really give a damn.
My opinion may anger you, but don’t forget that it wasn’t too long ago that a massive child-sex-abuse scandal plagued the Catholic Church. Have you noticed how that ugly story has quietly gone away, having been forgotten already by the press and America? We moved along. What a shame. What a crime.
If we cared, truly cared, any and all priests and other church officials who for decades swept this vile abuse under the rug would be in prison, as they are all complicit and should have been charged with numerous felonies.
The same goes for the Penn State coaches and school officials who supposedly were told of the scandal there but did not contact the police. If we truly cared, we would demand that they all face criminal charges and lengthy prison sentences.
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