{"id":1225,"date":"2011-11-21T12:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2011-11-21T12:18:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T17:18:18","slug":"football-faith-invisibility-cloaks-for-abusers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/11\/football-faith-invisibility-cloaks-for-abusers.html","title":{"rendered":"Football &amp; Faith: Invisibility Cloaks for Abusers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been covering the Jerry Sandusky child-rape allegations, because it&#8217;s not a faith-related story, unless you count the Penn State football=religion, Joe Paterno=God perspective. But other religion reporters disagree, and of course there are obvious comparisons to how the Catholic Church&#8217;s sex abuse scandal was mishandled for years.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the headlines:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/episodes\/november-18-2011\/penn-state-and-clergy-sex-abuse-parallels\/9947\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penn State and Clergy Sex Abuse Parallels <\/a>(Religion &amp; Ethics Newsweekly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/11\/exposing-wolves-only-in-sacred-spaces\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+getreligion%2FDmXm+%28GetReligion%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" target=\"_blank\">Exposing Wolves (Only) In Sacred Spaces<\/a> (GetReligion)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/2011\/11\/false-idols-at-penn-state-and-elsewhere\/\" target=\"_blank\">False Idols at Penn State and Elsewhere<\/a> (GetReligion)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/11\/10\/seeming-parallels-abound-in-penn-state-catholic-church-abuse-scandals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seeming parallels abound in Penn State, Catholic Church abuse scandals<\/a>\u00a0(CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/dawn-eden-penn-state-scandal-a-reminder-of-abuse-victims-needs\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+catholicnewsagency%2Fdailynews+%28CNA+Daily+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader&amp;utm_term=daily+news\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn Eden: Penn State scandal a reminder of abuse victims\u2019 needs <\/a>(Catholic News Agency)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/11\/15\/catholic-official-church-aims-to-confront-abuse-work-with-educators-after-penn-state-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Catholic official: Church aims to confront abuse, work with educators after Penn State scandal <\/a>(CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/news_reports\/the_church_of_the_happy_valley.html\" target=\"_blank\">Penn State and Church Abuse Scandals <\/a>(Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/20\/opinion\/sunday\/secret-dread-at-penn-state.html\" target=\"_blank\">think the debate over the gender of the victims makes an interesting point<\/a>, though it&#8217;s cold comfort to speculate that an abuser might get stopped sooner if he raped girls instead of boys. Plus, this story (from veteran religion reporter Melissa Nann Burke)\u00a0about a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.delawareonline.com\/article\/20111120\/NEWS03\/111200351\/Two-legacies-one-man?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cimg%7CHome\" target=\"_blank\">beloved Delaware football coach who molested teenaged girls for years<\/a> begs to differ!<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been covering the Jerry Sandusky child-rape allegations, because it&#8217;s not a faith-related story, unless you count the Penn State football=religion, Joe Paterno=God perspective. But other religion reporters disagree, and of course there are obvious comparisons to how the Catholic Church&#8217;s sex abuse scandal was mishandled for years. 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