This post has two points of interest 1. Our very own leaders, the people we pay to protect our children have a code of silence.
2. Child abuse in care center

Larry Richardson, accused of failing to report an alleged child sexual abuse case at the YMCA's Camp Spirit, arrested. Richardson faces one misdemeanor count each of endangering the welfare of children and penalties for failure to report or refer.

Richardson told police that he followed the law in not reporting the incident to authorities and that it was a case of "sexual exploration" between two 12-year-old boys.

The case Police began investigating after they received two reports from the Penn Dept of H. S. ChildLine that referenced a sexual assault that occurred in July 2014. Police then spoke with the camp director, who said the boys "had gone to a secluded area in the woods while playing. She said that one of the boys told his therapeutic support staff member that he and the other boy "had mutually done sexual things to each other," documents state.

However, when police spoke with that staff member, she said the same boy told her "something bad happened" and that he was "extremely embarrassed and very upset," documents state.

The director wrote an incident report, but could not find it for police. When asked with whom she had spoken about the incident besides her supervisor, the director mentioned Richardson, documents state. "Richardson stated that after consulting with his staff, they didn't feel the behavior reached the level of anything criminal," documents state. Richardson said first that he could not recall an incident report being generated, then didn't think there was one, documents state.

Police interviewed Richardson a second time on Feb. 23 and asked him if he had located an incident report about the alleged abuse. Richardson said he had not found one.

Ferro wrote that Richardson will continue in his position at the YMCA, "to do what he has done for the last twenty plus years: guide the YMCA and continue to help and support the children and families of York County who rely upon this institution. BArf !!!

Many of the facts presented in the charging documents have been known to law enforcement for months. Mr. Richardson conscientiously and thoughtfully examined all of the facts available to him in August 2014. His decision not to report the 2014 incident was appropriate and justified by the mandates of the law in effect at that time."

https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2016/06/27/trial-york-ymca-president-child-endangerment/86440474/

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2016/05/29/ymca-ceo-innocent-alleged-child-abuse-case-lawyer-says/85127798/