The top two stories in today's paper provide a sort of good news-bad news tableau. Both Jerry Sandusky and Msgr. William J. Lynn were convicted of crimes involving the sexual abuse of children. Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts of raping 10 boys during and after his tenure with the Penn State football program. In Philadelphia, Lynn was found guilty of the comparatively mild sounding "child endangerment" for the part he played--or didn't play--in preventing other priests from preying on children. So, good for these juries in helping the cause of justice. It's shameful, though, that--with so many people aware of them to one extent or another--these crimes could have gone on for so long.
(By the way, Penn State? Philadelphia? I'm not saying that the Keystone State has a propensity to generate child molesters, but, well. . . . OK, I guess I am saying that.)
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