Matthew Sandusky Has a Message of Hope for Other Sexual Abuse Survivors

WGAL
April 7, 2018

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The name Sandusky used to mean Penn State football, but that's changed.

Matthew Sandusky, the adopted son of child sex offender Jerry Sandusky, was in Lancaster on Friday to talk about growing up with the man many now consider a monster.

“I was 8 years old when the abuse started, and I say 8 years old because that's where his grooming started, of me. He knew what he was selecting me for. He knew what his behaviors were angled towards,” Sandusky said.

He said he was abused by his adopted father for nearly 10 years. He kept quiet until he was 33, when he disclosed the abuse to authorities.

“At the trial, one of the victims who I knew speaking his truth from the stand showed tremendous courage and it was in that moment where I really knew that this had happened to other people,” Sandusky said.