These were at risk kids - so broken homes, absent fathers or even mothers - easy prey. Often the kids don’t tell their mothers what is going on so you can’t blame the parent in this case. One mother did notice her son had wet hair and questioned him - he said he showered with Sandusky and she did notify the police. It appears that big college money/power tends to make even local cops look the other way. No one did the right thing for these kids.
“no one did the right thing for these kids”
So terribly sad.....but, I guess the big alumni $$$$$$ trump the children’s welfare.
Like the scene in The Godfather II at the bordello, when Tom Hagen tells the Senator, "This girl had no home, no family, it's as if she never existed."
You are exactly right. These programs are made up of at risk kids...with no one advocating for them. This is not the first time there’s beena bad actor in back of one of these tyoes of ‘youth’ programs. I know from personal experience, nothing as bad as what happened to these young boys..but the adults in charge can very much take advantage. Someone or someones need to be watching the watchers. I thank my lucky stars I had an honest adult advocating for me during that time.