usag, uslpc, nor the fbi ever contacted me or my parents. while others had been informed and investigations were ongoing, i had been left to wonder why i was not told until after the rio games. this is the largest case of sexual abuse in the history of american sport. and although there have been a fully independent investigation of the fbi s handling of the case, neither usag nor uslpc have ever been made the subject of the same level of scrutiny. these are the entities entrusted with the protection of our sport and our athletes. and yet it feels like questions of responsibility and organizational failures remain unanswered. as you pursue the answers to those questions, i ask that your work be guided by the same question that rachel hollander and others have asked, how much is a little girl worth?
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call for it, it will occur? should those individuals with child sex abuse charges and convictions against them be removed by these churches? do you have the power to do that? so i have confidence because of the conversations i m having. the conversations i ve had with the study group that s comprised of people like rachel hollander and andrea munford that i believe you d be aware of with the lead detective on the larry nassar case. they have just been dialoguing with southern baptist pastors and churches. the readiness of southern baptist to deal with this issue. we know it s so out of character with the message that we have and with the god that we worship. so there is certainly a willingness that this cannot happen because it is evil. and it is something that should break our hearts and something that should make us wonder why we weren t paying more attention when these reports of abuse were coming through.