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Pennsylvania's 'acting' attorney general under fire over Cosby, Sandusky cases
Source: The Guardian
Pennsylvania's 'acting' attorney general under fire over Cosby, Sandusky cases
Bruce Castor was selected to run AG’s office while Kathleen Kane faces
perjury trial and raises the ire of advocates for sex abuse victims
Joanna Walters
Thursday 21 July 2016 13.00 BST
The state of Pennsylvania has been rocked in recent times by sex abuse scandals in which the powerful are accused of having exploited the vulnerable.
Catholic priests have been found to have preyed on children. Penn State University blighted by the vile proclivities of the sports coach Jerry Sandusky against his young athletes. Bill Cosby facing criminal charges in the state for an alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand – who worked at his Pennsylvania alma mater, Temple University.
Now a lawyer who has played a key role in each of these cases has quietly emerged as a leading official in the state, to the dismay of victims’ advocates.
“He has taken repeated positions that are against the interests of victims, and he has done it knowing full well that it would be interpreted that way,” said Marci Hamilton, a constitutional law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who has represented one of Sandusky’s victims and testified on proposed clergy sex abuse reforms.
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Bruce Castor was selected to run AG’s office while Kathleen Kane faces
perjury trial and raises the ire of advocates for sex abuse victims
Joanna Walters
Thursday 21 July 2016 13.00 BST
The state of Pennsylvania has been rocked in recent times by sex abuse scandals in which the powerful are accused of having exploited the vulnerable.
Catholic priests have been found to have preyed on children. Penn State University blighted by the vile proclivities of the sports coach Jerry Sandusky against his young athletes. Bill Cosby facing criminal charges in the state for an alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand – who worked at his Pennsylvania alma mater, Temple University.
Now a lawyer who has played a key role in each of these cases has quietly emerged as a leading official in the state, to the dismay of victims’ advocates.
“He has taken repeated positions that are against the interests of victims, and he has done it knowing full well that it would be interpreted that way,” said Marci Hamilton, a constitutional law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, who has represented one of Sandusky’s victims and testified on proposed clergy sex abuse reforms.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/21/bruce-castor-pennsylvania-bill-cosby-jerry-sandusky-cases