Shawn Sinsi is one of the children that attended The Second Mile Camp sponsored by Jerry Sandusky and was one of the victims of the former Penn State defensive coordinator’s sexual abuse. His story is at the center of a new podcast series from Meadowlark Media and Advance Local.
Jerry Sandusky was convicted of multiple felony charges of sexual abuse of minors a decade ago. Sinsi, who overdosed on opioids in 2018, is the only one of his victims to have died since his conviction.
Sara Ganim did the reporting for the podcast, which is titled The Mayor of Maple Avenue. She also broke the original story on Sandusky while working for the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is owned by Advance Local.
“Sinisi went from being seemingly groomed by Sandusky’s now-defunct Second Mile charity football camp to finding his way through a rehabilitation system that was poorly designed and ill-equipped to deal with young men suffering from sexual assault and abuse,” a Meadowlark Media press release says. “On the surface, Sinisi had a drug addiction. But beneath the surface, he was deeply traumatized by Sandusky and spent over a decade desperately seeking the right kind of help.”
November 4 is the ten year anniversary of Jerry Sandusky being convicted on 45 felony charges. It is also the day the podcast debuts.
