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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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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
It sounds like the father handed that boy over to the doctor to be molested. Why would he have hit him for telling what the doctor did to him?
curiosi · 61-69, F
@cherokeepatti Some are just pure evil, I could easily see my parents doing that.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti The coach was more interested in protecting the reputation of his football program (the doctor was on the staff) than in protecting his own son.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@DrWatson well now he’s trashed his own reputation cause this is national news.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@cherokeepatti True. But the sad thing is that it took so long for this to come out, that both the coach and the doctor died awhile ago.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@DrWatson wow so sad