Dana Jacobson, formerly of ESPN, recounts her abuse when she was a child:

[Are_grits_groceries]

JERRY SANDUSKY'S VICTIMS AREN'T ALONE ON THEIR ROAD TO RECOVERY

The Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial is over.  The long road to recovery for his victims, is just beginning.
I should know, as it's a path I'm currently traveling.

Like the young men who bravely took the stand in the Sandusky trial, I was molested as a child.  That's still not easy for me to say, let alone write and share publicly, but if we've learned anything from the Sandusky scandal it's that the time for silence is over.  As I heard one Sandusky victim put it, it's time to "find my voice."

It was something I couldn't do when I was molested.  I didn't speak out, no matter how many chances I may have had.  I just couldn't.  Travis Weaver, one of the young men who testified in front of the grand jury in the Sandusky case but not at trial did an interview which aired on Rock Center last week.  He said he was scared to say anything because he thought no one would believe him.  I know that feeling.

That's what these monsters count on, our silence.  They have the power and they know it.  
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http://danajacobson.blogspot.com/2012/06/jerry-sanduskys-victims-arent-alone-on.html

She was also on CNN discussing this.
Took some courage!

[BlueIris]

1. Solidarity.

[rurallib]

2. I did speak up. It was almost worse than keeping quiet

Part of the Catholic church pedophile stuff in the early '60s.
I told my parents, maybe not in the most proper legal manner. Since the priest was a good friend of theirs (had married them) they immediately turned on me for lying, trying to destroy the man etc. They even brought him to the house to prove he was a good person.
Well, to say the least any trust with my parents was gone for good.

[seabeyond]

3. helping me take this latest step, finding my voice

i just read another article from another male victim in good read

[malaise]

4. And they are monsters

Damn!

[rhett o rick]

5. Those that abuse are the visible monsters.

But remember for every visible monster there are two or three or 10 or 20, invisible monsters. Monsters that knew and did nothing. Monsters that kept their silence and allowed the abuse to continue. These monsters should be punished also. I believe there were many people that knew about Sandusky and kept quiet because of his status. These people should have to explain their inaction to the victims.