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Scandal Exacts Toll on Second Mile Donations

By Kris Maher, Ann Zimmerman and John W. Miller
Wall Street Journal
November 13, 2011

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The charity associated with the Pennsylvania State University sex-abuse scandal, Second Mile, is coming under fire from donors and state lawmakers.

A major donor is pulling back support, and a state senator is calling for the charity's chief executive to step down as well as raising questions about consulting fees paid to the founder, who is accused of sexually abusing eight boys over a 15-year period.

Between 2001 and 2008, Second Mile paid Jerry Sandusky nearly half a million dollars in consulting fees, according to federal filings. During that time, the Pennsylvania attorney general has alleged, Mr. Sandusky used the ...


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