By Matt Agorist
A massive case involving over a hundred women and girls is shining a light on the horrid sexual abuse and cover-up taking place within the USA Gymnastics program. For decades children were “sacrificed” and their abusers “protected,” according to one of the victims.
Last week, former gymnast Rachael Denhollander called for a regime change within the organization. Denhollander is one of more than 125 victims, including US Olympic champion and three-time gold medalist, Aly Raisman, who are coming forward with evidence of cover-ups and abuse.
As USA Today reports, in a joint interview with USA TODAY Sports and the Associated Press on Saturday, Raisman said revelations of widespread abuse by longtime team physician Larry Nassar and the reaction by the governing bodies has colored how she views her sport.
“The people at the very top, that work at the office every single day at USA Gymnastics, they need to do better,” Raisman said.
“It’s making me sad,” she added. “I’m here to support my teammates because we got inducted to the Hall of Fame and I’m here to support the girls who are competing. I love the Olympics, I love gymnastics, I love the sport.
“But I don’t support how USA Gymnastics is handling everything right now.”
As the Guardian reports, Nassar spent nearly 30 years as an osteopath with the USA Gymnastics program and is now in prison in Michigan after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. Nassar is still awaiting trial on separate criminal sexual conduct charges in addition to being sued by over 125 women in civil court who claim he sexually assaulted them under the guise of treatment.
Denhollander and another former gymnast, Jamie Dantzcher, are demanding the leadership of USA Gymnastics be removed immediately.
“The painful reality is that no one on the board of USAG can be trusted on the issue of sexual assault,” Denhollander said.
Culture of abuse at USAG had created institutional dynamics where over and over and over again predators were protected and the children were sacrificed.
According to ABC 7, they are asking for USAG Chairman Paul Parilla, Vice Chairman Jay Binder and Treasurer Bitsy Kelley to be removed. The gymnasts are not only accusing the leadership of ignoring the suspected abuse, but trying to cover it up.
“No one from USA Gymnastics has apologized nor accepted any responsibility for Nassar’s assaults on dozens of USA gymnasts,” Dantzcher said.
The board denies covering up the abuse of over 125 girls; however, the odds of that many girls all conspiring to form a false case are fairly slim — not to mention all the cases of abusers who’ve already been sentenced.
In a statement to ABC 7, the USAG said, “We are confident our board officers will continue to lead us through the coming months while we strengthen our culture that has safe sport as a top priority throughout our organization.”
“What people don’t realize is that this doctor was a doctor for 29 years,” Raisman. “Whether or not he did it to a gymnast, they still knew him. Even if he didn’t do it to you, it’s still the trauma and the anxiety of wondering what could have happened. I think that needs to be addressed. These girls, they should be comfortable going to USA Gymnastics and saying ‘I need help, I want therapy. I need this.’”
What these former victims are exposing is also backed up by an investigation by the IndyStar which revealed that top executives at one of America’s most prominent Olympic organizations failed to alert authorities to many allegations of sexual abuse by coaches — relying on a policy that enabled predators to abuse gymnasts long after USA Gymnastics had received warnings.
According to the investigation, USA Gymnastics would not disclose the total number of sexual misconduct allegations it receives each year. But records show the organization compiled complaint dossiers on more than 50 coaches and filed them in a drawer in its executive office in Indianapolis.
During a 2013 lawsuit, two former USAG officials admitted under oath to routinely covering up sexual abuse allegations. Because of this case, the contents of all the complaint dossiers mentioned above remain sealed. The IndyStar is seeking to make them public.
The reality is that USAG officials have been raping and abusing girls for decades and they were allowed to do so under the cover of the organization. Only after a handful of the predators became so active in their abuse were they caught by law enforcement.
One such case, involving William McCabe, revealed how USAG covered for him for nearly a decade while he preyed on young girls. Multiple complaints were swept under the rug as the man preyed on children — despite one gym owner warning the USAG in 1998 that McCabe “should be locked in a cage before someone is raped.”
He wasn’t arrested until the mother in the 2013 lawsuit went to the FBI with concerns over McCabe emailing her then-11-year-old daughter.
As the IndyStar reports, McCabe was charged with molesting gymnasts, secretly videotaping girls changing clothes and posting their naked pictures on the Internet. He pleaded guilty in 2006 in Savannah, Georgia, to federal charges of sexual exploitation of children and making false statements. He is serving a 30-year sentence.
The price of having one of the best gymnastics teams in the world is apparently steep.
Shelley Haymaker, an Indiana attorney who represents abuse victims in child welfare cases, said USA Gymnastics’ approach “sickens” her, according to the IndyStar.
“USAG may not have been the hand that ultimately abused these innocent children,” Haymaker said, “but it was definitely the arm.”
Matt Agorist is an honorably discharged veteran of the USMC and former intelligence operator directly tasked by the NSA. This prior experience gives him unique insight into the world of government corruption and the American police state. Agorist has been an independent journalist for over a decade and has been featured on mainstream networks around the world. Agorist is also the Editor at Large at the Free Thought Project. Follow @MattAgorist on Twitter, Steemit, and now on Facebook. This article first appeared at The Free Thought Project.
This world pedofile ring, assault on children and young adults not to mention again that 10,000 immigrant children in EU are still missing, is obviously very real and documented. The World’s law enforcement and agency heads of organizations are accomplices in this ring of terror – Eventually the Public should take matters into their own hands since the courts are in on the criminal acts too.
come Lord Jesus Christ and empower the people !
Amen sister
Of course, no one where you work will be talking about this. It will go unnoticed by the populace… because it doesn’t have the words “Catholic priest” in the story.
Satan has control of a lot of these Minions who are perpetrating these heinous acts. THE BIBLE is clear what GOD thinks of those that harm innocents. THANK YOU LORD, for starting to bring this to light. THESE PEOPLE will be judged righteously by you, and hopefully punished here after righteous judgement on earth.
Somehow I doubt that only girls were abuse: think about Bruce Jenner and the fact that he earned several gold medals when he was very young. Could sexual abuse explain his twisted outcome?
He now Identifies as a female and it’s more than likley that helped him rise to the top or perhaps, he bottom?
AGREED
I had a friend who’s job was in Washington D.C. and he was there for years. He said that the place is filled with pedophiles and everyone knows which officials are involved. The horrid practice is so common that most people shrug it off as almost normal.
The same situation as described here about USAG exists in other youth sports, organisations and authorities throughout the western world. For example, a number of high level youth soccer coaches are currently under investigation in the UK for homosexual abuse of boys. Compromise followed by threats/blackmail and enforcement of Masonic/Luciferian oaths is the modus operandi used to corrupt people in positions of authority and influence within “establishment” organisations. The abuse and exploitation of innocents has been ignored or covered up for decades. Senior police officers and judges tend to be promoted because of their masonic connections; extending to the top of the masonic pyramid. Masonry is a worldwide mutual protection organisation (similar to The Mafia) that perverts natural justice and should but will not be outlawed. Although Masons claim otherwise, Masonry is Luciferian. It’s what protects and ensures the continuation of “The Establishment” and those who benefit from it.
All sports are designed, most by Freemasons, to take away the time you
should be spending with your Creator, who the Freemasons abhor. They,
the children of disobedience, have infiltrated every aspect of our lives
with “moles” who work against us and our Creator. Occult worship,
rituals and witchcraft are also common threads with the perpetrators of
this most vial assault on children. From the Church to the playground
and even the classroom children are exploited for their innocence and
our ignorance of the existence of these Immoral groups, who operate out
of our own neighborhoods and communities. They are members of the city
councils and police officers and investigators too ! An unspeakable Evil
has descended on our country and we had better wise up to it or
continue to be a victim or a passive permissive dolt !