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ABC NEWS INVESTIGATION: USA Swimming Coaches Molested, Secretly Taped Teen Swimmers
Olympic body under fire; 36 coaches banned for sexual misconduct with teens.
By MEGAN CHUCHMACH and AVNI PATEL
Apr. 9, 2010
In a sex abuse scandal that some victims compare to what happened in the Catholic Church, at least 36 swimming coaches have been banned for life by the USA Swimming organization over the last 10 years because of sexual misconduct. The coaches have molested, fondled and abused dozens of swimmers, according to court... [continue]
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