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By C. A. Webb “Conversations Book Club” (Jackson, MS) – Review of Teddy Bear: Stolen Innocence!


By C. A. Webb “Conversations Book Club” (Jackson, MS) – See all my reviews

In TEDDY BEAR: Stolen Innocence Dr. Loren Due and others share what are very painful and at times unimaginable slivers of their lives as they dealt with abuse. The book begins with Due, himself, taking us into his own pain that unfortunately began in the home with his father and brother and led to choices in life that took him away from the person he was destined to be. Inside of the house where the abuse was born, however, we also learn a great deal about how some families choose to deal with circumstances that might arise in the home as well as issues of mental illness that may not be diagnosed until much later.

While many would choose to hate because of what they have been forced to endure, Dr. Due and those whose stories you get a chance to read take a different approach. They choose to become survivors and forgive those who who did them harm. This is not something that comes easy for some, but that was for me one of the most powerful lessons of this book. The EASY thing would be to hold on to the hate and resentment. It takes strength and courage to forgive and love in spite of. This doesn’t mean that you are condoning the actions, but that you choose to give up judgment to someone higher than you.

Dr. Due even says in the book that he has become a better person in various aspects of his life because of what he has survived. He knows what is right and wrong, and he chooses to do what is right. It’s all about choice.

No matter what we have gone through, there is a lesson for all of us in this. Forgiveness has the power to break any of the chains that might try and bind us to the past. We have to be willing to move forward and let the knowledge of the experiences of our lives to help us be the person we were created to be.

I also want to stress the importance of breaking the silence and letting it be known what is not to be accepted when it comes to our lives. Part of what the abuser uses is the threat that comes with speaking out. We have to know that by telling, by reporting the abuse, we are actually taking the power back that belongs to us—and we are making sure that this doesn’t have to happen to anyone else.

Difficult at times to read but important for us all, TEDDY BEAR: Stolen Innocence is a book that will stay with you forever.

MTO EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Most Of The Boys MOLESTED By The Penn State Coach . . . WERE BLACK!!! (He Had A FETISH For Black Boys)


November 11, 2011: By now you’ve heard that former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with sexually abusing eight young boys over more than a decade and former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and former finance official Gary Schultz, were charged with failing to report an incident.

Penn State University appears to be involved in a SYSTEMATIC coverup of the incident, which has many wondering WHY they would do such a thing. Why would a university TURN ITS BACK on so many young boys who were being MOLESTED by that MONSTER.

Well MediaTakeOut.com spoke with a woman claiming to be a MOTHER of a boy allegedly molested by Sandusky, and her son was AFRICAN AMERICAN.

The mother, who asked for anonymity, told MediaTakeOut.com that her son and many other young boys claiming to be MOLESTED all looked similar. “They were Black about 10-12, and had a tall slim muscular build.” The mother went on, “How could no one have noticed, he’s around all these boys that look the same . . . This is disgraceful.”

The mom claims that she has gone to the POLICE and will seek criminal and civil actions against EVERYONE involved. Including the school. Good for her, we hope they BANKRUPT Penn State.

By the way, for all you people thinking that MAYBE Sandusky didn’t do it. Peep the timeline of events, courtesy of ESPN, and tell us whether you think there is THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE that he’s innocent!!!

1969 Jerry Sandusky starts his coaching career at Penn State University as a defensive line coach.

1977 Jerry Sandusky founds The Second Mile. It begins as a group foster home dedicated to helping troubled boys and grows to become a charity dedicated to helping children with absent or dysfunctional families.

January 1983 Associated Press voters select Penn State as college football’s national champion for the 1982 season.

January 1987 Associated Press voters select Penn State as college football’s national champion for the 1986 season.

1994 Boy known as Victim 7 in the report meets Sandusky through The Second Mile program at about the age of 10.

1994-95 Boy known as Victim 6 meets Sandusky at a Second Mile picnic at Spring Creek Park when he is 7 or 8 years old.

1995-96 Boy known as Victim 5, meets Sandusky through The Second Mile when he is 7 or 8, in second or third grade.

1996-97 Boy known as Victim 4, at the age of 12 or 13, meets Sandusky while he is in his second year participating in The Second Mile program.

1996-98 Victim 5 is taken to the locker rooms and showers at Penn State by Sandusky when he is 8 to 10 years old.

Jan. 1, 1998 Victim 4 is listed, along with Sandusky’s wife, as a member of Sandusky’s family party for the 1998 Outback Bowl.

1998 Victim 6 is taken into the locker rooms and showers when he is 11 years old. When Victim 6 is dropped off at home, his hair is wet from showering with Sandusky. His mother reports the incident to the university police, who investigate.

Detective Ronald Schreffler testifies that he and State College Police Department Detective Ralph Ralston, with the consent of the mother of Victim 6, eavesdrop on two conversations the mother of Victim 6 has with Sandusky. Sandusky says he has showered with other boys and Victim 6′s mother tries to make Sandusky promise never to shower with a boy again but he will not. At the end of the second conversation, after Sandusky is told he cannot see Victim 6 anymore, Schreffler testifies Sandusky says, “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.”

Jerry Lauro, an investigator with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, testifies he and Schreffler interviewed Sandusky, and that Sandusky admits showering naked with Victim 6, admits to hugging Victim 6 while in the shower and admits that it was wrong.

The case is closed after then-Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar decides there will be no criminal charge.

June 1999 Sandusky retires from Penn State but still holds emeritus status.

Dec. 28, 1999 Victim 4 is listed, along with Sandusky’s wife, as a member of Sandusky’s family party for the 1999 Alamo Bowl.

Summer 2000 Boy known as Victim 3 meets Sandusky through The Second Mile when he is between seventh and eighth grade.

Fall 2000 A janitor named James Calhoun observes Sandusky in the showers of the Lasch Football Building with a young boy, known as Victim 8, pinned up against the wall, performing oral sex on the boy. He tells other janitorial staff immediately. Fellow Office of Physical Plant employee Ronald Petrosky cleans the showers at Lasch and sees Sandusky and the boy, who he describes as being between the ages of 11 and 13.

Calhoun tells other physical plant employees what he saw, including Jay Witherite, his immediate supervisor. Witherite tells him to whom he should report the incident. Calhoun was a temporary employee and never makes a report. Victim 8′s identity is unknown.

March 1, 2002 A Penn State graduate assistant enters the locker room at the Lasch Football Building. In the showers, he sees a naked boy, known as Victim 2, whose age he estimates to be 10 years old, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky. The graduate assistant tells his father immediately.

March 2, 2002 In the morning, the graduate assistant calls coach Joe Paterno and goes to Paterno’s home, where he reports what he has seen.

March 3, 2002 Paterno calls Tim Curley, Penn State athletic director to his home the next day and reports a version of what the grad assistant had said.

March 2002 Later in the month the graduate assistant is called to a meeting with Curley and senior vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz. The grad assistant reports what he has seen and Curley and Schultz say they will look into it.

March 27, 2002 (approximate) The graduate assistant hears from Curley. He is told that Sandusky’s locker room keys are taken away and that the incident has been reported to The Second Mile. The graduate assistant is never questioned by university police and no other entity conducts an investigation until the graduate assistant testifies in grand jury in December 2010.

2005-2006 Boy known as Victim 1 says that he meets Sandusky through The Second Mile at age 11 or 12.

Spring 2007 During the 2007 track season, Sandusky begins spending time with Victim 1 weekly, having him stay overnight at his residence in College Township, Pa.

Spring 2008 Termination of contact with Victim 1 occurs when he is a freshman in a Clinton County high school. After the boy’s mother calls the school to report sexual assault, Sandusky is barred from the school district attended by Victim 1 from that day forward and the matter is reported to authorities as mandated by law.

Early 2009 An investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general begins when a Clinton County, Pa., teen boy tells authorities that Sandusky has inappropriately touched him several times over a four-year period.

September 2010 Sandusky retires from day-to-day involvement with The Second Mile, saying he wants to spend more time with family and handle personal matters.

March 2011 Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot-News reports that grand jury is investigating Sandusky on allegations of indecent assault against a teenage boy. The Patriot-News reports that five people with knowledge of the case said the grand jury has been meeting for 18 months and has called witnesses, including Paterno and Curley. Penn State declines comment.

Nov. 5, 2011 Sandusky is arrested and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts

Nov. 7, 2011 Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly says Paterno is not a target of the investigation into how the school handled the accusations. But she refuses to say the same for university president Graham Spanier. Curley and Schultz, who have stepped down from their positions, surrender on charges that they failed to alert police to complaints against Sandusky.

Nov. 8, 2011 Possible ninth victim of Sandusky contacts state police as calls for ouster of Paterno and Spanier grow in state and beyond. Penn State abruptly cancels Paterno’s regular weekly news conference.

Nov. 9, 2011 Paterno announces in the morning he’ll retire at the end of the season, but the university’s board of trustees rules later that Paterno and Spanier are out effective immediately. Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley is named interim coach and provost Rodney Erickson is named interim university president

Ex-Marine accused of possession grenade launcher charged with child sexual abuse


A former Marine who already is the subject of a federal complaint involving a grenade launcher has been charged with one count of child sexual abuse.

Stephens County prosecutors on Wednesday formally charged Charles Alan Dyer in connection with the alleged rape of a girl on Jan. 2.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Dyer Jan. 12 on the rape allegations at his home in Marlow, where they reported finding several firearms and a device officials say is a Colt M-203, 40-millimeter grenade launcher.

There was no response Saturday to a message seeking comment that was left at a telephone number for the office of David W. Hammond of Duncan, a lawyer for Dyer.

Sheriff Wayne McKinney told federal authorities that Dyer allegedly has ties to militia groups.

According to a federal complaint, the grenade launcher was stolen from Fort Irwin, Calif., in 2006. Dyer was charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device.

McKinney says Dyer is in federal custody