Has Penn State been punished enough?

The NCAA handed down what some of the media is calling some pretty severe punishments for the football hierarchy looking the other way while a serial child sex abuser ran roughshod through the childhoods of…well, we don’t know how many children he hurt, do we? The NCAA, as punishment: Fined the school $60 million. Imposed …

Does the secrecy surrounding Penn State’s atrocity remind you of something?

Because it sure does remind me of something. Leftover sends this, one of a series of examinations of a conference held at Yale University last September, “Sex Abuse and the Study of Religion.” At Immanent Frame, Kathryn Lofton writes: Sexual abuse is a practice within an existent relational dynamic, one that simultaneously transforms and calcifies …

Does God love Jerry Sandusky, too?

Writer Anne Lamott posed the question, and all hell broke loose. If you’re not on Facebook, here’s what she said: I have been over at Twitter, causing problems again by saying that no matter how much we all hate this, God loves Jerry Sandusky as much as He or She loves our grandchildren. That’s the …

A little more reading with Sunday’s piece…

To read the column, go here. To read more about Connecticut’s Department of Children and Family Services, go here. To read more about Connecticut’s mandated reporting laws, go here. To read the Pennsylvania grand jury indictment on reported child sex abuse allegations against former Penn State defensive coordinator football coach (and founder of the charity The Second …

Uh…Penn State?

Childhood sex abuse survivors are appalled at your behavior. My friend Janice suggests we all take a moment at noon today to think about victims of child sex abuse, and send them our love. I think that is a beautiful idea. And thanks, Jac, for the link.

Joe Paterno: “I wish I had done more”

Members of the Penn State Board of Trustees have fired long-time winning football coach Joe Paterno, as well as the university president, Graham Spanier, in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal that is rocking that campus. From the New York Times, which reported the end of Paterno’s career the day before: The university’s most …