Accusations of child sex, cover-up rock Penn St. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Two top Penn State officials charged with covering up allegations of an explosive child-sex abuse scandal related to former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky stepped down late Sunday after an emergency meeting of the university's Board of Trustees. Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley requested to be placed on administrative leave so he could devote the time needed to defend himself against perjury and other charges, university President Graham Spanier said. Gary Schultz, vice president for finance and business, will step down and go back into retirement, Spanier said. He declined to comment to reporters after the meeting. Resignations of famed football coach Joe Paterno and Spanier weren't discussed at the meeting, which was arranged Sunday and lasted two hours, university spokesman Bill Mahon said.
Curley and Schultz were charged Saturday after a grand jury investigation of Sandusky. Curley was named athletic director on Dec. 30, 1993. Arizona CPS program under scrutiny by governor. Sept. 28, 2011 08:13 PM Associated Press PHOENIX - The state's child protection program is getting new scrutiny, with Gov. Jan Brewer reviewing the program with her social services director and advocates expressing concern about backlogs in investigations of complaints of abuse and neglect. Changes need to be made, but the Child Protective Services system isn't broken and it isn't yet known if more funding is warranted, Department of Economic Security Director Clarence Carter said Wednesday after a 40-minute meeting with Brewer. Brewer canceled a scheduled trip to Mexico for a conference of border state governors to instead meet with Carter.
"It's something that's high on my agenda," Brewer said of CPS. A program within the Department of Economic Security, CPS is responsible for investigating complaints of abuse and neglect of children. Several publicized incidents of children who have been harmed despite previous complaints to CPS have focused new attention on the agency. CPS seeing a growing number of child abuse deaths in Arizona. PHOENIX - Newly released statistics released by Child Protective Services show the agency is understaffed and overworked, and critics argue its having a negative impact on children.
According to its website, so far in 2011, CPS has recorded several deaths and near deaths from abuse or neglect. . Earlier this month, Phoenix police said 6-year-old Jacob Gibson died from brain injuries after being beaten by his parents. CPS admits it had received five prior reports about abuse and neglect allegations before Gibson died. In 2010, 23 children died from abuse or neglect, according to CPS. In five of those cases, CPS had prior contact at the home. In 2009, 22 children died and CPS had prior contact at the home in two of those cases. According to records released to ABC15, CPS workers have seen a recent jump in calls to a statewide child abuse hotline.
From April through September of 2010, the agency received 17,068 calls that met the criteria for a CPS report. Arizona Child Protective Services Never Would Have Taken Carol Dunlavy’s Child Away If It’d Simply Done Its Job Correctly « How Child Protection Services Buys and Sells Our Children. This is not even a valid charge! By Megan Irwin Thursday, Feb 19 2009 Two years ago, Arizona Child Protective Services took Carol Dunlavy’s 2-year-old daughter. It was alleged that Dunlavy was purposely making the child sick because Dunlavy suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
She was right. Now, 16 months after she said goodbye to her daughter, Sarah (not her real name), Dunlavy finally has validation in the form of an investigation from the Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens’ Aide that says what Dunlavy has said all along: that she doesn’t have Munchausen syndrome by proxy, that CPS failed to follow its own procedures for removing her child, and that she and Sarah would never have been separated if the agency had actually done its job.
The report is bittersweet for Dunlavy. She’s lost almost two years to the case — and the report has resulted, so far, in little more than the re-training of a couple of CPS employees. It was clear something wasn’t right. Change isn’t likely. Like this: Blogs - Laurie Roberts' Columns & Blog - LaurieRoberts - Montgomery proposes new system of child protection.