[NU Sports] PSU and how this could have been so easily avoided….

[Jason Singer]

One of the biggest issues here (and in hindsight, perhaps the biggest issue) that was finally (and thankfully) addressed yesterday by the PA legislature, is that employees of state educational institutions are not mandatory reporters of sexual and/or child abuse to child services in the manner that doctors, therapists, Psy D's, police and EMT's are. This is ridiculous. Reporting is confidential and merely gets the ball rolling and lets the experts decide how to move forward. If this was instituted, then there would have been no long chain of information to follow. No one would have known who blew the whistle on Sandusky and there would have been no fear of retribution. The law is cut and dry…if you suspect it, call those that know how to determine and let them follow up. If you suspect nothing was done and that it's still going on, call again. Again, confidentiality reigns supreme in these instances. As an MFT intern, we have this on the very top of our scope of practice guidelines.

In this instance, there would have been scandalous repercussions for Sandusky. Not so much for the University, Joe Pa or the witnessing janitors, GA's, etc. 


Jason Singer
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On Nov 9, 2011, at 1:06 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:

> I have been very critical of Paterno and McQueary in the past 48 hours. I keep wondering "how could they not have taken action". Then it occured to me, it is entirely possible that one or both men have a history of molestation in their own personal lives. If either were abused as children (and I hope to hell that isn't the case) then their interrpretation of right and wrong could be greatly skewed. Still, they and others at Penn State failed to take appropriate action. There is plenty of blame to go around. 
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