Investigation Finds Multiple Cases of Sexual Abuse Ignored for Years at Ohio State
“The accusations of abuse involved athletes from at least 16 sports including wrestling, hockey and swimming”
It’s awful that this was allowed to go on unchecked for so long.
ABC News reports:
Investigators say university ignored nearly 2 decades of ‘shocking and painful’ sex abuse allegations
An investigation has determined that Ohio State University officials ignored nearly two decades of accusations of sexual abuse against a long-time university doctor, according to an independent report released Friday by the university.
Dr. Richard Strauss, an Ohio State team doctor and sports medicine researcher, is accused of sexually abusing at least 177 men over an 18-year period from 1979 to 1997, nearly his entire time at Ohio State, according to the report.
Strauss killed himself in 2005 at age 67, seven years after retiring from the university.
The accusations of abuse involved athletes from at least 16 sports including wrestling, hockey and swimming, and included Strauss’ work at the student health center and an off-campus clinic that he founded late in his tenure, according to the report.
“As early as 1979, personnel in the University’s Sports Medicine program and Athletics Department were aware that Strauss was conducting genital examinations on male athletes that were unusually prolonged,” the report said. “Despite the persistence, seriousness, and regularity of such complaints, no meaningful action was taken by the University until January 1996.”
Other complaints against Strauss allege that he fondled male students to the point of sexual arousal and showered alongside male students at the campus athletics facility.
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