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The extent to which child sexual abuse is tolerated can be sickening

Here is an excerpt from a news report. You can read the whole thing here if you want:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/10/us/bo-schembechler-son-robert-anderson-abuse/index.html

(CNN)The son of the University of Michigan's legendary football coach, Bo Schembechler, is expected to allege publicly Thursday that he was sexually abused by a former team doctor being investigated by the school -- and that his father knew and did nothing, the son's lawyer says.

Matt Schembechler, 62, will speak about "his own abuse by Dr. Anderson and his father's failure to protect him and other athletes," attorney Mick Grewal said.

In an interview with ESPN, the junior Schembechler says Anderson molested him during a physical examination in the 1960s, when he was 10, and Bo Schembechler, his adoptive father, punched him when he reported the abuse.

"It knocked me all the way across the kitchen," he told the sports network.
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Piper · 61-69, F
Yes. In this and many other instances, there is no other conclusion than that the sexual abuse was indeed tolerated. WHY in this particular case, is baffling.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Piper The coach thought that protecting his football program was more important than protecting his son.
Piper · 61-69, F
@DrWatson Evidently. What I'm unaware of though, is why keeping that particular doctor was so important to the coach and apparently...the university.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Piper I have no idea! I have not followed the details of this all that closely.
Piper · 61-69, F
@DrWatson Neither have I, but I did read the linked report about it. So many years of sexual abuse/misconduct reports against Anderson, yet he remained.