TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! SNAP RECOMMENDS THE NCAA "DEATH PENALTY" FOR PENN STATE!!!
A horrific controversy surrounding Penn State is about more than token gestures.
See:
Penn State president orders Paterno statue removal
Already there's word there will not be a "death penalty" . . . Still, Victim's rights group SNAP is calling for the strictest measures to be taken against the school.
We've got two SNAP editorials here . . .
Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach CA, western regional director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (jcasteix@gmail.com)
Regarding the statue removal . . . Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPclohessy@aol.com)
Check it:
Statement by Joelle Casteix of Newport Beach CA, western regional director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (jcasteix@gmail.com)
Tomorrow, the NCAA will reportedly announce penalties for Penn State.
It can't be any simpler. Want to protect innocent kids? Push for the maximum penalty. Want to protect corrupt officials? Push for a something less.
For years, top school and football staffers selfishly, quietly but consistently let a credibly accused child molester have access to kids. For years, that predator raped those kids. And top Penn State managers could have stopped these devastating crimes.
If that doesn’t warrant the toughest NCAA penalty, what does?
If the school’s football games are suspended, innocent adults in Happy Valley will suffer. That’s sad. But there’s something much worse. Right now, thousands of innocent kids – some in Happy Valley – are suffering even more. They’re being sexually assaulted. And adults who suspect or know of the crimes and could perhaps stop the crimes are, like Penn State officials did with Sandusky, saying or doing little or nothing.
That must change. And it will only change when those who conceal and enable child sex crimes are severely punished.
Some grown ups who see or suspect predators are attacking kids are too scared to call police. That must change. And it will only change when those grown ups become even more scared of what will happen to them if they do not call police.
So, yes, some adults in Happy Valley will – for a few years – be disappointed and lose some income if Penn State football isn’t played for a few years.
But right now, many more adults are already suffering. Why? Because they were sexually assaulted as kids and adults who knew or suspected the heinous crimes are too timid to speak. So those predators walk free and hurt more kids while their adult victims suffer with depression, addictions, isolation, shame, self-blame, eating disorders, failed relationships
So for the protection of kids who are being molested now, and for the healing of adults who are suffering right now, the NCAA should suspend Penn State football for years.
Every day Penn State isn’t practicing or playing football, thousands of people will be reminded that kids are precious and harming them – thru action or inaction – brings tough penalties.
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 23 years and have more than 10,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
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More on the statue removal . . .
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPclohessy@aol.com)
A powerful man who acted selfishly and protected and endanger kids deserves no public honors whatsoever.
We're glad the statute is gone but that's just a tiny step forward. Paterno's name should be removed everywhere on campus. One good way to deter child sex cover ups is to punish, not praise, those who instigate such cover ups. Even if it seems harsh, we as a society must do this if kids are to be better safeguarded from pedophiles
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 23 years and have more than 10,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)
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12 Comments:
I did not know Sandusky was a priest?
The "death penalty" for Penn State is totally appropriate and earned. Now, let's just see if there's enough bucks in Philly to stop it. I'd bet there will be..
And you realize, by imposing the "death penalty", it prevents them from being on television.
I'm fine with that from the stand point of Penn State. But look at all of the other schools, who had nothing to do with this scandal, who will suffer financially.
Televised games with Penn State brings millions in t.v. revenue to their opponents. Now their opponents will also not have the game televised, they will lose those television dollars also.
5:15--Well, its obvious to me that money is more important to you than peoples rights.
SNAP has turned into simply an organization that will do anything for publicity and $$$$.
Not much different than Fred Phelps and his idiots.
@5:44 Who is being punished at a certain point? As long as they got everyone involved, I think they have done a great deal towards keeping this from happaning in the future at the school.
If you are really interested in justice, how about getting justice for these kids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma22jxA5xZY
Players today paying the price for a f'ing pedophile coach. Yea that's fair.
You would rather have them benefit from the actions of a coach and the longterm neglect of the program.
No, they deserve serious sanctions.
5:44.
How does penalizing other organizations/vendors affect persons rights?
Seriously?
Hahahahahaha!!!! Papa Joe just "F'd" Penn State in the "A"!!!!!!Hahahahaha!!!!!
Any person at Penn State that had ANY involvement with the cover up, needs to be FIRED—their name(s) removed from any part of the school it appears, and ONE HELL of a fund for all the victims set up. They should all get RICH of the school, and the school needs to suffer for it actions or should I say “It’s lack of actions)
5:44, we're still waiting for you to clarify your asinine comment.
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