Trying to make sense of the Penn State child rape scandal.
What the monster did is horrific. Justice awaits.
But it’s those who knew and didn’t do anything - they are the ones who fill my heart with disgust and my mouth with bile.
Mike McQueary, the current Penn State receivers coach, is said to have witnessed another man raping a child in the shower back in 2002. McQueary was 28 at the time. The pedophile rapist was around 60. The victim: a 10 year old boy.
McQueary witnessed a child being raped. And then he turned, and walked away.
After reporting the rape to his boss (coaching legend, Joe Paterno), the higher ups at Penn State eventually came to the conclusion that it would be best to:
1. Take away the monster’s shower keys and prohibit him from bringing kids to campus; and,
2. Not notify authorities.
Here’s what I need to know:
How is it that a grown man in his prime can encounter an old man raping a defenseless child, and do nothing to stop it?
…and:
How is it that a man can witness and allow a child to be raped in a Penn State locker room, and still be employed as a coach by Penn State today?
Can anyone tell me?
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
- Edmund Burke