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Originally Posted by Ohio
Perhaps the hardest thing in life to reconcile is the betrayal of trust, especially those who are so well respected, and have won your own trust over time, and have become close personally. Sandusky was, by all counts, a father figure to many kids who lacked one. In like manner, LSM had the total respect from a whole generation of young people. Many of us viewed WL and LSM as the closest thing to God and godliness on this whole earth.
The Bible records that when the Lord reclined at table for the last supper (forget the artist renderings we often see) it was John to His front and Judas to His rear. I believe He was closest to these two, with Judas acting as His personal valet, of sorts. That is why that betrayal was so painful to the Lord and fulfilled Psalms 41.9, "My own close friend, whom I trusted, who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me."
It's hard for the human psychology to understand how ones who have done so much good for us can also be guilty of doing evil. It's better when bad people look the devil, than when they look and act like angels.
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I just listened to an interview Sandusky gave in '99 explaining that he was retiring in order to devote his time to helping young kids with his charity. Since it is pretty well established that he was forced to retire as a result of being caught in '98 I am not buying the idea that the people who allowed Sandusky to continue working with children in the guise of doing charity work were "good" people or those doing "good" work. Forcing him to retire was all about self protection, allowing him to continue as he did, unimpeded, is truly a horrific and cowardly act by all who knew what he had done and had the power to put a stop to it.