Who Knew What And When Certain To Emerge In UConn Scandal

UConn's Storrs campus has been roiled by allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against music Professor Robert Miller, who has been placed on administrative leave.

University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst doesn't wear a miter, a chasuble and a pair of red shoes, but she may be starting to know what the last few popes have felt like. The first public stirrings of an appalling sex scandal at the state's largest public university are raising uncomfortable comparisons with the Roman Catholic Church and its troubles with dirty doings between the powerful and their prey.

The story begins with allegations of sexual misconduct against Robert Miller, a 66-year-old, $135,741-a-year music professor at UConn. He's been at the university since 1982 and was placed on administrative leave last month and denied access to the campus. A variety of law enforcement agencies are investigating accusations of years of inappropriate behavior with minor children by Miller, according to Attorney General George Jepsen's office.

Enough is known at this early stage to conclude this is one nasty web that will catch some people who preferred to look the other way when confronted with allegations that should have been investigated, not ignored.  (more...)

Who Knew What And When Certain To Emerge In UConn Scandal