JOHNSTOWN (PA)
The Tribune Democrat
September 2, 2018
By Chip Minemyer
Just imagine how it would feel …
Imagine being a freshman basketball player who goes to your school’s athletic trainer because you have a sprained ankle, only to have that man take you behind a curtain and instruct you to take off your shorts and underwear so he can check your groin “for swelling.”
Imagine learning years later that the same man was accused of inappropriate touching involving many children and teens at your school and other schools in other towns and other states.
Imagine you’re a 12-year-old child who has been taken to a pediatrician for a checkup, only to have that doctor place you on his lap and grab your crotch during the examination.
Imagine you’re an altar boy who is abused by a priest, and whose family takes the matter to the bishop, and who then learns years later that the abusive priest was sent to counseling briefly then reassigned to another parish to continue his ministry.
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