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Taking Steps to Protect
Young Athletes From
Sexual Assault
With the London
Summer Olympics
approaching and
young people across the
country taking part in team
sports, North Shore-LIJ,
Nassau County Executive
Ed Mangano and the Nassau
County Sports Commission
have joined together to
identify ways of recognizing
and preventing sexual abuse in
youth sports.
At a news conference
held recently in Mineola,
the keynote speaker was
Katherine Starr, a member
of the 1984 and 1988 Great
Britain Olympic swim team,
who had her athletic career
destroyed after being sexually
assaulted by her coach. Now
the founder and president
of a nonprofit organization
she named Safe4Athletes,
Ms. Starr says, “Every athlete
should be provided a safe and
positive environment free of
sexual abuse, bullying and
harassment.”
“We are very proud to
work with Nassau County and
the Sports Commission to
find new ways to help young
people who fall victim to
these predators,” said Jamie
Hoffman-Rosenfeld, MD,
chief of child advocacy and
protection services at Cohen
Children’s Medical Center. “It
is our responsibility to alert
parents, teachers, educators
and young people that we are
here to listen to them.”
County Executive
Mangano said Nassau County
supports this ongoing work.
“We must do whatever we
can to keep our children
safe,” he said, “and eradicate
predators from young
people’s sporting activities.”
The most heartfelt words
came from Ms. Starr, who
spoke about the devastation
and loss associated with her
personal tragedy. “When this
happened to me, it destroyed
my dreams,” she said. “There
was no one I could talk to,
because I felt that I had no
power. It’s my goal that no
young athlete should ever have
to be in this position again.”
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Shown at a recent news conference, from the left, are Brian Revello, executive director of the Nassau County Sports
Commission, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Dr. Jamie Hoffman-Rosenfeld and Katherine Starr, former
Olympian and founder of Safe4Athletes.
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