Report of the Special Investigative Counsel Regarding the Actions of the Pennsylvania State University Related to the Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Gerald A. Sandusky

Why this matters here

The Freeh Report documents institutional failures of leadership, safety, and governance in Penn State’s handling of Sandusky’s abuse. When Trust Stops Tracking Reality separates that finding from a further inference: after such reports become public, identity-bound communities can experience criticism as an attack on belonging itself—so trust stops being something you hold and becomes something you are.