This one<\/a>.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s been a few years since the media did a serious, ongoing focus on the Church\u2019s sex abuse scandal. \u00a0It still covers a story when something happens. \u00a0But for the longest time, you couldn\u2019t go a month without some outlet focusing on the scandal, even if there were no developments in the story. Yet that\u2019s nothing compared to the lack of coverage that our overall problem with sex abuse tends to receive.<\/p>\n
The problem in our schools is rampant, and hardly anything new.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen this in every school district we\u2019ve lived in. \u00a0When I switched majors to Education in the late 80s, they were still having discussions about sex abuse. \u00a0Should teachers caught be turned in, or just moved to another school district? \u00a0Really. \u00a0I sat in on an actual debate over what to do with teachers who sexually abuse students.<\/p>\n
And yet for years, the focus was mainly on the Church\u2019s horrible mishandling of the crisis to the point where we\u2019ve, once again, ignored the larger picture. \u00a0Those who tried to exploit the Church scandal by scoring ideological points only muddled the issue. \u00a0Today it still remains a problem in our society, and in some places, a scandal. \u00a0One that barely makes a minor splash in our collective consciousness.<\/p>\n
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