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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^one other point: the Whitman crew parent's defense of "we just couldn't imagine it" is like what Joe Paterno said in defending his continued support of Jerry Sandusky well after he knew about the allegations.  That is, he just couldn't conceive as possible.  And again: if you are a parent with oversight of children, *it is your job* to educate yourself and to force yourself to consider these kinds of scenarios.  Mandated reporters don't get to say they just couldn't believe something could happen, so they ignored the signs.  Ignorance is a poor defense.[/quote]

I am the Whitman crew parent, and I think you are over-spinning what I said.
But I take your point.

Know that one is trying to get off the hook here.

Meantime, the board has offered free counseling services to current and former rowers (and maybe their families--I'm not positive about that).
The counseling is being paid for with donations.
Maybe you have suggestions for what else the team could do.[/quote]

The board that provided protection for an abuser... do I have a suggestion? Yes! I have a suggestion, fire every.single.person.on.the.board.

Hire and investigator to find out what they knew and when.

Report the HR person who "cleared" the coach and find out what type of relationship they had with the board/coach.

I wouldn't waste the money to hire an investigator was lets be real, no one is going to hold anyone accountable but the board and everyone involved or who had knowledge should be fired.[/quote]

I think our team is being held held to account.

We have been largely closed since early summer.

The Post article certainly cast us in a stark, if skewed, light.

I only hope the publicity will make it harder for Shipley and his reportedly very skilled lawyer to beat the charges.

Anyone can see that we face a likely lawsuit(s) by the victims who reported Shipley to the police.

We've all been held to account by angry parents of a graduated rower in a post-arrest team meeting. Seventy-plus people, including kids on the line, listened to them at length.

But at some point, those who decry bullying risk crossing the line into self-aggrandizing rancor.

Some of the crew kids have experienced this online and in real life. (Fortunately, they have taken it in stride.)

At an all-Whitman zoom call on child sexual abuse prevention, a social worker--not on the panel-- chimed in only to castigate the Whitman crew team in front of the entire group.

Her demeanor and approach contrasted sharply with that of the professionals on the panel, and the moderators moved quickly to shut things down.

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