In the sports world the walls of silence are crumbling since the scathing grand jury report indicting former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky hit the public. It's sickeningly similar to the sex abuse cases with the Catholic church.
Sandusky has been hit by another charge and doesn't have enough cash for bail. Syracuse basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine has been fired from his position he held for 36 years, even though he hasn't been charged, for sexual abuse accusations (other teams thought it was weird the Syracuse ball-boy joined the team on trips). The head football coach of Brooklyn's Poly Prep high school, Phil Foglietta, was famous for his ra-ra speeches and his fondling of his players while in his green Impala.
"Don't get in coach's car," the seniors would tell the freshmen.
You can't make this up.
Even hockey's getting in on the action. Theo Fleury, a former NHL star with the Calgary Flame, accused his former coach Graham James of sexual abuse in his autobiography. James was Fleury's coach while he was a star youth player. Graham James was jailed, freed, found in Mexico, sent back to Canada, only to be arrested again. He has just made bail again, this time to Fleury's anger.
What the hell is going on? I guess it was only a matter of time that the prevalence of sexual abuse of children reared its ugly head out of sad bedrooms and denial leaden homes. Is the prevalence that high really?
Is it?
That's the important question.
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