U.S. starts investigating Penn State’s responses

From the INQUIRER:

The U.S. Department of Education began its probe Monday into whether Pennsylvania State University officials broke federal law in their handling of sex-abuse allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky…

The Department of Education, though, will be focused on the actions of the prior administration. The team plans to review crime logs, police reports, and all Clery Act reporting documents dating to 1998 – the year of the first incident of alleged abuse cited in the grand jury’s presentment….

In legal filings, attorneys from the Philadelphia firm Archer & Greiner maintained that there was no evidence that the Second Mile “has engaged in any conduct to improperly hide or dissipate assets.” The charity has hired former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham, a partner at the firm, to conduct an internal investigation into its own handling of sex-abuse claims…

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EDITOR: Right “focus”; wrong branch of the government.   But a step forward.

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