While there have been no formal studies to determine how many child molesters have coached youth teams, a computer - database
search of recent newspaper stories reveals more than 30 cases just in the last 18 months
of coaches in the U.S. who have been arrested or convicted
of sexually
abusing children engaged in nine sports from baseball to wrestling — and this despite the fact that child
sex -
abuse victims, for reasons ranging from shame and embarrassment to love or fear
of their molesters, rarely report the crime.
Since no concrete, national data exist on allegations
of child
sex abuse by school employees, the project was also based on
searches through archives, wire service clippings, and computer databases
of thousands
of news...