The Pedophile File

[wordspeak2]

Good point. But there must have been several incidents caught, because eventually the cops got wind of it, and hopefully this guy's going down for life.

[elfismiles]

Ex-Penn St. coach Sandusky arrested

Updated Nov 6, 2011 8:45 AM ET
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)

An explosive sex abuse scandal and allegations of a cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the team's practice center in 2002.

PENN STATE ABUSE SCANDAL

* Ex-coach, school officials charged
* How could they let this happen?

Sandusky retired in 1999 but continued to use the school's facilities for his work with The Second Mile, a foundation he established to help at-risk kids, where authorities say he encountered the boys. The grand jury investigation also resulted in perjury charges against Tim Curley, Penn State's athletic director, and Gary Schultz, vice president for finance and business. They were accused of failing to alert police - as required by state law - of their investigation of the allegations.

''This is a case about a sexual predator who used his position within the university and community to repeatedly prey on young boys,'' state Attorney General Linda Kelly said Saturday in a statement.

Paterno, who last week became the coach with the most wins in Division I football history, wasn't charged, and the grand jury report didn't appear to implicate him in wrongdoing.

Under Paterno's four-decades-and-counting stewardship, the Nittany Lions became a bedrock in the college game, and fans packed the stadium in State College, a campus town routinely ranked among America's best places to live and nicknamed Happy Valley. Paterno's teams were revered both for winning games - including two national championships - and largely steering clear of trouble. Sandusky, whose defenses were usually anchored by tough-guy linebackers - hence the moniker ''Linebacker U'' - spent three decades at the school. The charges against him cover the period from 1994 to 2009.

Sandusky, 67, was arrested Saturday and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts. Curley, 57, and Schultz, 62, were expected to turn themselves in on Monday in Harrisburg.

The allegations against Sandusky, who started The Second Mile in 1977, range from sexual advances to touching to oral and anal sex. The young men testified before a state grand jury that they were in their early teens when some of the abuse occurred; there is evidence even younger children may have been victimized. Sandusky's attorney Joe Amendola said his client has been aware of the accusations for about three years and has maintained his innocence.

''He's shaky, as you can expect,'' Amendola told WJAC-TV after Sandusky was arraigned. ''Being 67 years old, never having faced criminal charges in his life and having the distinguished career that he's had, these are very serious allegations.''

A preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday would likely be delayed, Amendola said. Sandusky is charged with multiple counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, corruption of minors, endangering the welfare of a child, indecent assault and unlawful contact with a minor, as well as single counts of aggravated indecent assault and attempted indecent assault.

No one answered a knock at the door Saturday at Sandusky's modest, two-story brick home at the end of a dead-end road in State College. A man who answered the door at The Second Mile office in State College declined to give his name and said the organization had no comment.

The grand jury said eight boys were targets of sexual advances or assaults by Sandusky. None was named, and in at least one case, the jury said the child's identity remains unknown to authorities.

One accuser, now 27, testified that Sandusky initiated contact with a ''soap battle'' in the shower that led to multiple instances of involuntary sexual intercourse and indecent assault at Sandusky's hands, the grand jury report said.

He said he traveled to charity functions and Penn State games with Sandusky, even being listed as a member of the Sandusky family party for the 1998 Outback Bowl and 1999 Alamo Bowl. But when the boy resisted his advances, Sandusky threatened to send him home from the Alamo Bowl, the report said.

Sandusky also gave him clothes, shoes, a snowboard, golf clubs, hockey gear and football jerseys, and even guaranteed that he could walk on to the football team, the grand jury said, and the boy also appeared with Sandusky in a photo in Sports Illustrated. He testified that Sandusky once gave him $50 to buy marijuana, drove him to purchase it and then drove him home as the boy smoked the drug.

The first case to come to light was a boy who met Sandusky when he was 11 or 12, the grand jury said. The boy received expensive gifts and trips to sports events from Sandusky, and physical contact began during his overnight stays at Sandusky's home, jurors said. Eventually, the boy's mother reported the allegations of sexual assault to his high school, and Sandusky was banned from the child's school district in Clinton County in 2009. That triggered the state investigation that culminated in charges Saturday.

But the report also alleges much earlier instances of abuse and details failed efforts to stop it by some who became aware of what was happening.

Another child, known only as a boy about 11 to 13, was seen by a janitor pinned against a wall while Sandusky performed oral sex on him in fall 2000, the grand jury said.

And in 2002, Kelly said, a graduate assistant saw Sandusky sexually assault a naked boy, estimated to be about 10 years old, in a team locker room shower. The grad student and his father reported what he saw to Paterno, who immediately told Curley, prosecutors said.

Curley and Schultz met with the graduate assistant about a week and a half later, Kelly said.

''Despite a powerful eyewitness statement about the sexual assault of a child, this incident was not reported to any law enforcement or child protective agency, as required by Pennsylvania law,'' Kelly said.

There's no indication that anyone at school attempted to find the boy or follow up with the witness, she said.

Curley denied that the assistant had reported anything of a sexual nature, calling it ''merely `horsing around,''' the 23-page grand jury report said. But he also testified that he barred Sandusky from bringing children onto campus and that he advised Penn State President Graham Spanier of the matter.

The grand jury said Curley was lying, Kelly said, adding that it also deemed portions of Schultz's testimony not to be credible.

Schultz told the jurors he also knew of a 1998 investigation involving sexually inappropriate behavior by Sandusky with a boy in the showers the football team used.

But despite his job overseeing campus police, he never reported the 2002 allegations to any authorities, ''never sought or received a police report on the 1998 incident and never attempted to learn the identity of the child in the shower in 2002,'' the jurors wrote. ''No one from the university did so.''

Lawyers for both Curley and Schultz issued statements saying they are innocent of all charges.

In response to a request for comment from Paterno, a spokesman for the athletic department said all such questions would be referred to university representatives, who released a statement from Spanier calling the allegations against Sandusky ''troubling'' and adding that Curley and Schultz had his unconditional support.

He predicted they will be exonerated.

''I have known and worked daily with Tim and Gary for more than 16 years,'' Spanier said. ''I have complete confidence in how they handled the allegations about a former university employee.''

Sandusky, once considered a potential successor to Paterno, drew up the defenses for the Nittany Lions' national-title teams in 1982 and 1986. The team is enjoying another successful run this season; at 8-1, Penn State is ranked No. 16 in the AP Top 25 and is the last undefeated squad in Big Ten play. The Nittany Lions were off Saturday.

As the head football coach, Paterno has spent years cultivating a reputation for putting integrity ahead of modern college-sports economics. It's a notion that has benefited Penn State's marketing and recruiting efforts over the decades and one that the Big Ten school's alumni proudly tout years after they leave.

''We're supposed to be one of the universities to follow after, someone to look up to,'' said sophomore Brian Prewitt of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ''Now that people on the top are involved, it's going to be bad.''

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Scolforo reported from Harrisburg.


http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootbal ... ase-110511

[MinM]

Ex-Penn St. coach Sandusky arrested

Updated Nov 6, 2011 8:45 AM ET
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)

An explosive sex abuse scandal and allegations of a cover-up rocked Happy Valley after former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, once considered Joe Paterno's heir apparent, was charged with sexually assaulting eight boys over 15 years. Among the allegations was that a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assault a boy in the shower at the team's practice center in 2002.

PENN STATE ABUSE SCANDAL

* Ex-coach, school officials charged
* How could they let this happen?

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootbal ... ase-110511

Here's an even better follow-up story to this case at FoxSports:

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootbal ... ppen110511

[Wombaticus Rex]

I credit Andrew Vachss with really waking me up. Mostly because of this:

http://www.protect.org/component/content/article/808

"Shovel-Ready"

Tuesday, 20 January 2009 19:43

The Obama Economic Recovery Plan is designed to get federal money to "shovel-ready" projects... or projects that are ready to go right now. State and local governments have been lining up thousands of these projects.

Some are literally "concrete" in their goals: bridges, highways and buildings. Others are finding their way onto wish lists and will be funded.

But our "list" is as big, urgent, job-intensive... and as concrete as they come:



The map above is an actual law enforcement map, introduced as evidence before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in April, 2008. It shows the approximate locations of about 300,000 unique computers identified by law enforcement trafficking in the most brutal and violent child pornography movies and images. Research shows that 1 in 3 of these suspects is also a hands-on offender, with local child victims.

That means that in addition to being a picture of the child exploitation market in America, it is also a rescue map. Each of these suspects could be easily located and prosecuted. However, due to sheer lack of resources, fewer than 2% are even being investigated, leaving untold thousands of children waiting for protection.

The leading law enforcement investigation in the U.S., Operation Fairplay of the Wyoming Attorney General's office, reports that it finds 15,000-20,000 suspects each day engaged in trafficking movies and images of very young children being tortured, raped and assaulted.

These leads are ready now. The Obama Stimulus plan could fund the greatest child sexual abuse prevention and protection program in history.

[Wombaticus Rex]

2011 followup is even more heartbreakingly absurd:
http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/20/blood-on-their-hands/

(feel free to hate on the source url, I understand)

To understand the Williams case, it’s necessary to know a little about the modern fight against child sexual exploitation.

Since 2007, top officials in Washington, Texas and across the U.S. have been briefed by law enforcement on a standard set of facts. The whereabouts of predatory pedophiles in their districts and states are now known. The evidence comes from investigations into online traffic in child rape videos and photos. At least 40% of these suspects are believed to be sexually assaulting children in their communities. And their locations are plotted on maps.

Yet, despite this knowledge, many politicians have made the choice to sideline police.

In Texas, tens of thousands of these criminals are on law enforcement radar now, and top state officials have been shown the maps. In Houston in October of 2009, one of those suspects was Rodney Williams, and police had him dead to rights.

According to testimony before a Texas House committee earlier this year, understaffed and overwhelmed investigators made a fateful decision to leave Williams at large while they caught up on backlogged cases.

Three months later, a distraught woman called from a corner store...

No need to continue.

[M F Abernathy]

No link here, but an interesting news article.

This guy sleeps in a dog cage, collects [thousands of] dirty diapers, and has a toddler-sized bed with shackles.

Why is he teaching children?

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THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
August 23, 2011 Tuesday - 1 EDITION
Girls' abuse accusations challenged
BYLINE: VALERIE WIGGLESWORTH, Staff Writer vwigglesworth@dallasnews.com
SECTION: METRO; Pg. B01
LENGTH: 628 words


An expert in forensic and family psychology testified Monday for the defense about concerns with the accounts of two kindergarten students who alleged improper behavior by their teacher.

The comments came on the fifth day of the trial of Joseph Peter Garbarini III, 29. The former Plano ISD kindergarten teacher faces felony charges of sexual abuse of a child and indecency with a child. Garbarini resigned in May 2010 from Hunt Elementary School in Murphy after a student alleged inappropriate touching during what students called the mommy-baby game. The game involved pretending to put diapers on the girls in class and giving them pacifiers and baby bottles. Another student made similar allegations during a second interview with investigators.

Investigators searching Garbarini's home after his arrest found thousands of dirty diapers, a large dog cage that the defendant told investigators he slept in and a bedroom decorated in a princess theme with a toddler bed and shackles. Computers seized from the home showed visits to websites involving diapers, infantilism, sex and bondage.

Dr. Michael Gottlieb, a clinical professor at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, told the jury Monday that memories are not perfect and can be influenced by a variety of factors. He also testified that young children are less reliable than adults when it comes to memory.

"We may come to believe a memory is ours even though the information came from someone else," he said.

Both of the young accusers came from homes that included domestic violence, according to testimony. Those experiences could have influenced their accounts, Gottlieb said during testimony. He said conversations the girls had with their parents could also have influenced what they told investigators.

Under questioning from prosecutor Crystal Levonius, Gottlieb said he couldn't say whether the girls' accounts were truthful or what influence their parents may have had. He also said there was no way to prove whether the girls' memories were implanted.

Gottlieb testified that he was troubled by some of the questions from investigators at the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center. He said the protocol did not follow one endorsed by the National Institutes of Health.

Michelle Schuback, who supervises the forensic interviewers at the Children's Advocacy Center, testified for the prosecution that the center uses a different protocol endorsed by the state. She said that there are some differences but that the two protocols have many similarities.

Under questioning from defense attorney Ted Steinke, Gottlieb went through nine factors accepted by scientific evidence that make testimony about child sexual abuse more reliable. Only one factor - that there was a single suspect - fits these accounts.

But Dan Powers testified that those factors aren't always present in child abuse cases. Powers heads up counseling services at the Children's Advocacy Center and is a licensed sex-offender treatment provider. He said children may not immediately see an adult's actions as abuse, so it continues.

"Children tell when they're ready to tell," he said.

Psychiatrist Mitchell Dunn also testified for the defense. As medical director at Terrell State Hospital, he evaluates people with psychotic disorders who have been accused of a crime. He said he diagnosed Garbarini as a sexual masochist and didn't see any signs of pedophilia other than that Garbarini worked with children.

But under cross-examination, Dunn testified that sex offenders in general are highly manipulative and don't usually admit being pedophiles.

Garbarini has been held in the Collin County jail on $1 million bail since his arrest last year. He faces up to life in prison if convicted.

Closing arguments are scheduled for Tuesday.

[Project Willow]

http://www.protect.org/component/content/article/808

Wow. Thanks for sharing that.

[M F Abernathy]

To get more details about the crimes of Jerry Sandusky, visit this address:

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/uploaded ... ntment.pdf

[Wombaticus Rex]

I would very much like to find an actual, zoomable, detailed version of that map and I'm not finding it yet. If anyone has a lead, it'd be appreciated.

[Hammer of Los]

Dr. Michael Gottlieb, a clinical professor at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, told the jury Monday that memories are not perfect and can be influenced by a variety of factors. He also testified that young children are less reliable than adults when it comes to memory.

"We may come to believe a memory is ours even though the information came from someone else," he said.

Both of the young accusers came from homes that included domestic violence, according to testimony. Those experiences could have influenced their accounts, Gottlieb said during testimony. He said conversations the girls had with their parents could also have influenced what they told investigators.

Under questioning from prosecutor Crystal Levonius, Gottlieb said he couldn't say whether the girls' accounts were truthful or what influence their parents may have had. He also said there was no way to prove whether the girls' memories were implanted.

Gottlieb testified that he was troubled by some of the questions from investigators at the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center. He said the protocol did not follow one endorsed by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr Gottlieb?

No relation to Sidney, is he?

[Wombaticus Rex]

No FSMF credentials: http://michaelcgottliebphd.com/bio.html

However, as per Guardian obit:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 80920.html

Sidney Gottlieb, chemist and intelligence officer: born New York 3 August 1918; married 1942 Margaret Moore (two sons, two daughters); died Washington, Virginia 7 March 1999.

Those 60's era ops were lucky, lot of anonymity afforded them prior to the advent of Internetses and Anonymouses.

[Perelandra]

I would very much like to find an actual, zoomable, detailed version of that map and I'm not finding it yet. If anyone has a lead, it'd be appreciated.

Operation Fairplay, software created by Flint Waters and Hank Asher is in use in investigation nationwide.
http://www.tlo.com/

[Wombaticus Rex]

So they're selling it? Baffling. Although I guess that explains why LE isn't following up -- probably more profitable to just keep processing foreclosures.

[Perelandra]

Asher said he is currently engaged only in doing work for and with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), where Asher has been a board member since 2002 and has provided free technology since 1993. "We have an incredible amount of work to do on our current Predator Identification project before we enter into any commercial ventures. Since we haven't even started developing a commercial product yet, I doubt very seriously we'll have one on September 1st, and they're scared to death we will. It's that simple."

Conglomerate Reed Elsevier touts their financial support of NCMEC of $75,000 per year. Asher has donated more than $10 million in cash.

Asher states that his non-compete clearly permits him to work with and for NCMEC on their mission to protect children. Reed's lawsuit claims that Asher will some day charge for the services that he is now providing free of charge to law enforcement. Asher responds that "This lawsuit is completely without merit, and is a sad and disingenuous attempt to slow down the enormous progress we are making in our efforts to rescue children from sexual predators. I have given my systems to NCMEC for free since 1993. Every child that is rescued because of one of my systems is a paycheck for my soul. The allegation that someday I would charge for this work is insane."

Link

[Wombaticus Rex]

Ah, good good good. Thank you for the clarify and bully for them.