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26 August 2018

Under cover of goodness: How pillars of the community can prey on kids

Doctors, coaches, clergy. Society knows these as noble professions, filled with good people. Doctors heal. Coaches encourage athletic excellence. Priests usher people closer to God. Then there are Dr. Larry Nassar, Coach Jerry Sandusky and Father John Geoghan. Society knows them as monsters. Abuse in one of these vocations came to the fore of public consciousness just last week, when a grand jury detailed decades of allegations of child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Pennsylvania.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/24/health/child-sex-abuse-priests-doctors-coaches-teachers-trust/index.html