A Pennsylvania man alleges that the former Penn State Football coach and founder of Second Mile children's charity was involved in a tri-state child prostitution ring.
The allegations come from a 2012 article in The Atlantic where the man also claims that the football coach from a high level private school in Brooklyn, named Phil Foglietta, was involved in the rape and molestation of young boys.
Now 48 years old, the victim sent a letter to Brooklyn Poly Prep school stating:
(Between) 1977-1980 I was a child prostitute associated with a tri-state (NYC-NJ-PA) pedophile ring. (During the) summer of 1979 I was brought to the State College area by Ed Savitz for the purpose of child prostitution with Jerry Sandusky at a Second Mile fundraiser ... Due to time constraints, Sandusky became unavailable and I was introduced to Phil Foglietta by Ed Savitz & Jerry Sandusky. Foglietta was introduced to us as Coach Phil who coached youth football in NYC. Foglietta agreed to pay $200.00 for child sex and followed us back to a Philadelphia hotel, myself (sic)ad another child prostitute then engaged coach Phil in child sex.
The article also points out the disturbing connection between Sandusky's Second Mile charity and a child prostitution ring. Sandusky was known to victimize the vulnerable young boys from Second Mile.
At the time of these allegations the Feds were investigating allegations of a child sex ring that Sandusky may have been operating providing children to Penn State boosters.
The Second Mile
Matthew 5:41: "And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two."
"The children we serve have often experienced many broken promises in their young lives; that's why our mantra has always been 'No broken promises, ever.' We need to continue to be the family they can count on," Second Mile's 2010 annual report said.
Sandusky's charity derived its name from Jesus' sermont on the Mount in the book of Matthew. Jerry and his with Dottie had 6 adopted children before Jerry decided he wanted to create a charity for under privileged children. In 1977, The Second Mile charity was founded.
Started as a small home for six troubled boys outside State College, it has grown to a statewide organization whose mission is to help "young people to achieve their potential as individuals and community members by providing opportunities for them to develop positive life skills and self-esteem."
Mr. Sandusky and his wife Dottie have six adopted children and had cared for foster children, which led them to start the nonprofit. Mr. Sandusky was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and received awards for Second Mile including the 1993 NAACP Human Rights Award, the 1995 YMCA Service-To-Youth Award and the 1996 SGMA Heroes Award. President George Bush nationally recognized it as a philanthropic "Point Of Light" in November 1990.
It was also within the charity that Mr. Sandusky "found his victims," a grand jury presentment stated. "Through The Second Mile, Sandusky had access to hundreds of boys, many of whom were vulnerable due to their social situations."
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In 1998, a boy known as victim No. 6, told his mother that he had showered with Mr. Sandusky and the boys' mother contacted Penn State University police. The police interviewed the boy and Sandusky who claimed nothing inappropriate had transpired and the internal investigation resulted with no charges against Sandusky.
Even though Sandusky partially confessed to wrong doing nothing was done about the shower incident.
When the mother confronted Sandusky, he said: "I understand. I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won't get it from you. I wish I were dead," according the presentment from the grand jury.
An investigator for Children and Youth Services broke the news to the mother: It was all a big mistake, the mother said she was told. The police officer who investigated won't comment. Neither will the former police chief.
"Jerry Sandusky admitted to my face, he admitted it," the mother said. "He admitted that he lathered up my son they were naked and he bear-hugged him. If they would have done something about it in 1998, and then again in 2002—there was two chances they dropped the ball and I think they should all be held accountable."
The following year (1999), Sandusky retired form Penn State to devote his full attention to Second Mile, where he would stay on until 2010. A grand jury report describes how Mr. Sandusky would target boys between the ages of 7-12 who were in their 2nd year at the charity. Sandusky would host sleepovers for the boys in the basement of his home and would bring them to football games with him. It was in the basement of his home, the university showers and the Penn State athletic facilities where Sandusky would 'provoke sexual encounters'.
There are multiple links between the charity and Penn State. Mr. Sandusky was given full access to university facilities in his 1999 retirement agreement, and the presentment says a 1998 investigation of an alleged encounter between Mr. Sandusky and a boy in a football shower was reviewed with the knowledge of then-university counsel Wendell Courtney, who remains counsel for Second Mile.
After a graduate assistant reported seeing Mr. Sandusky anally rape a boy in the football building showers in 2002, Penn State athletic director Tim Curley told the assistant the incident had been reported to Second Mile. Mr. Curley told the grand jury that he informed the Second Mile CEO, Mr. Raykovitz, about the report and told Mr. Sandusky he was prohibited from bringing youths onto campus.
For over 10 years following the 1998 shower allegations Sandusky continued his work at the Charity for which he received close to $500, 000 annually. The executives at Second life also paid themselves handsomely. including Mr. Raykovitz who received well over $1 million from 1998 until 2011 while Katherine Genovese earned $912,563 during the same period. These are obscene amounts which adds another layer of filth and depravity surrounding Sandusky, the charity and Penn State.
The Second Mile was dissolved in 2012 with the organization transferring the remainder of their assets to Arrow Child and Family Ministries, a Texas based charity.
At his sentencing hearing in October of 2012, Sandusky appeared unremorseful as the judge sentenced him to 30-60 years for the sexual abuse of 10 boys.
To date, there haven't been any arrests made in connection to a greater child prostitution ring.
Like Father, Like Son
Earlier this year, Jeffrey Sandusky was arrested and charged with child sexual abuse by Pennsylvania law enforcement.
Pennsylvania State Police detained Sandusky on 14 felony counts involving two girls, including solicitation of statutory sexual assault, solicitation of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, six counts of unlawful contact with a minor and two counts each of solicitation to photograph or depict sexual acts, sexual abuse of children and corruption of minors.
The 41-year-old Sandusky is being held on $200,000 bail and is prohibited from any contact with minors.
Jeffery Sandusky is charged with soliciting sex from a minor, primarily through text messages. It was reported that he was dating the 14 year old girl's mother at the time of the solicitations.
Additionally, Sandusky is accused of having sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of 16 in a separate incident.