Jerry Sandusky Scandal: 2nd Mile Board Members Right to Be Angry over Info Lapse

The Jerry Sandusky scandal continues to unfold, enveloping fine organizations that would have otherwise done amazing work. Humility and embarrassment have now turned to a wave of anger that is seeping from Penn State. 

An Associated Press report shines a light on those proud folk that lead the charge for Second Mile, an organization to help at-risk children and support their parents. These are people that signed on to help a cause, and have instead been brought to charge for what they did or didn't know. 

It seems awful that non-profit workers would ever have to stick up and defend themselves, but this is a much different era in Penn State, where honor has to be earned, and cynicism rules all things. 

Bradley P. Lunsford is a Centre County judge who served on the Second Mile board between 2001 and 2005 and he is plenty mad about what wasn't divulged to him and other board members about Sandusky and supposed sanctions he had at Penn State. 

Lunsford tells reporters the following: 

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"Not one thing was said to us. Not a damn thing. (Board members) would have asked the follow-up question: Why? You don't know? Who knows? Who can we talk to? Has this been reported to the police? I guarantee you there would have been a competition among all those people to be the first to ask the question, `Why is he not allowed on campus?"

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The anger stems from reports that Sandusky was not allowed to come onto the Penn State campus with children. Such a sanction would have raised a bevy of concerns, especially with an organization geared to help the youth. 

As is the case with these sorts of stories, the villain always has help securing secrets. Jack Raykovitz is cited in the report as the main reason most of the board members were kept out of the loop as to what Sandusky was not allowed to do. 

Raykovitz is painted as a close personal friend that no doubt wanted to maintain the pedigree of his friend, even amidst deplorable accusations. 

One thing is clear, the humility that stemmed from this awful story is now turning to anger as honorable people try to maintain their reputations. 

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