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pThe Sandusky case had one of its highest profile ripple effects Tuesday. Sports columnist Bill Conlin abruptly retired from the Philadelphia Daily News after a rival paper published a report accusing him of child sexual abuse.
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pA man and three women, including Conlin niece, alleged he molested them as children. The niece said she and the others decided to speak out cheap Canada Goose when reports about Sandusky buy canada goose jacket cheap awakened painful memories.
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phave definitely been a lot more (abuse) survivors coming out that were triggered by Sandusky, said Marci Hamilton, one of the lawyers who filed the first civil suit against the former coach, Penn State and the Second Mile, a Canada Goose online charity Sandusky founded.
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pMany callers mention Penn State and Syracuse and they often seek advice on how to report potential molesters or stop abuse, Marsh said.
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pjust Canada Goose Online picking up the phone more often, and the calls are longer. They are really more intense, Fingerman said.
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pIS PART OF AMERICA The National Crime Victim Bar Association, which helps crime victims with civil suits, has seen a tripling of calls on child sexual abuse since the Sandusky case broke, said director Jeff Dion.
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pHe and Hamilton, the lawyer, said they expected to see an upsurge in child sexual abuse civil cases. The number will depend on statutes of limitations, which in most states expire generally by the time the victims are in their early 20s.
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pThe Sandusky case had a much bigger impact with sexual abuse victims than the scandal involving Catholic priests since Sandusky had been a well respected coach at a high profile college program, Childhelp Fingerman said.
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