For background on this story you can go to the official Erie DailyTimes-News website (http://www.goerie.com/). There, you can use the search mechanism (keyword: "WILLIAM P. GARVEY") to access a series of articles, beginning Oct. 10th, 2004, that the local paper ran reporting the first allegations regarding Garvey's molestation of boys, the subsequent investigation (which was squelched and never completed or made public), and his "retirement" with pay. I intend to address, in detail, this process and my dismay with the cover-up at some future date.
Other background can be obtained at this blog: (http://www.livejournal.com/community/_gryphon/2162.html). This site features interesting posts commenting on the above news stories, and some ongoing discussion.
Last, and certainly most important, you can read the courageous book that broke this story and documents one man's abuse by Garvey. Never Let Me Go: A Portrait of Sexual Predation by Chuck Rosenthal is available from Red Hen Press (http://www.redhen.org/).
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