PENNSYLVANIA
York Daily Record
We should be ashamed of ourselves for failing to protect innocent children from physical and sexual abuse.
In both the Catholic Church priest pedophilia scandal and in the Jerry Sandusky case, people knew about the abuse and failed to act.
In the wake of the Sandusky atrocities, Pennsylvania lawmakers finally bestirred themselves to change the laws. Child abuse was redefined to better protect children. The number of mandated reporters was increased – as was training.
The results were easily predictable: A dramatic increase in child abuse reports. But our leaders failed to provide adequate resources to field those calls and investigate suspected abuse.
A recent YDR story noted that our county Children Youth and Families agency struggles with the caseload and with chronic staffing shortages.
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