SYRACUSE (NY)
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 11, 2012|By Frank Fitzpatrick, Inquirer Staff Writer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Maybe the strange calm here can be attributed to Syracuse basketball’s position atop the national polls, or to the normal stillness of an Adirondack winter.
Or perhaps it’s because the Bernie Fine scandal has yet to yield criminal charges, sordid grand jury reports, student riots, or the stunning dismissal of both a college president and an iconic coach.
Whatever the reason, nearly two months after several sex-abuse allegations surfaced against Fine, coach Jim Boeheim’s longtime top aide and neighbor, the worst of the storm seems to have passed this rusty Finger Lakes city. …
“It is surprising that things seem so quiet there,” said the Rev. Robert Hoatson of the Road To Recovery, a New Jersey-based organization that aids child sex-abuse victims and has monitored the Syracuse situation closely. “But I really do think this thing has the potential to be worse than Penn State.” …
Curiously, next month, thanks to Syracuse’s own Newhouse School of Communications, the issues surrounding the Fine case could get a fresh rendering.
Hoatson will serve on a discussion panel as will some Syracuse administrators and several reporters who have worked on the case.
“But who knows,” said Hoatson, “what might come out before then?”
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