USA Gymnastics settled cases as early as 2012 and made gymnasts sign nondisclosure agreements , and left Nassar in place. The abuse survivor and advocate runs Respect In Sport, which since 2004 has been a force for training and education regarding sexual abuse. Kennedy talks about truly taking into account the damage done by sexual abuse: its correlation with depression, suicide, sexualized behaviour and more. And secondly we should balance faith in the power of sports with skepticism about its institutions. But monsters roam the earth, and we can do better than hope they don’t come for our kids.

Source: thestar January 26, 2018 03:22 UTC