Coach-athlete sex, rape and PEDs at Huntington University? Nick Johnson scandal gets grimmer thanks to David Woods expose

That is a very good question. He is still listed on the HNHS site although I doubt a high school is likely to remove employees the second they are put on leave.

Or at all unless they get fired. But who knows.

He should be, especially since it is sexual in nature. That is a huge liability for the school district allowing him around kids.

as this gets more attention that will come down pretty quick probably

It blows my mind that Donald Cotton, the former cross country coach at Huntington North High School, was convicted of sexual battery of a high school student in 2013. Looking at old articles he coached at the high school for 40 years meaning he would have coached both Nick and Lauren in high school.

Connecting that with what Victim #1's mother said in the original police report about how Nick "took precautions due to former coaches in Huntington" just gives me chills. This case is so disturbing on so many levels.

Oh, Man! This begs for a very snarky response full of naughty comparative references about America's favorite comfort food, legalities, and drugs. Considering the serious nature of this thread, I will abstain from following my most base instincts.

That said, Flaming Hot Cheeto Mac & Cheese sounds DOPE!!!

You have to realize a few things:

1. Nick Johnson only experience was with coaching his wife, an obvious intimate relationship. I'm sure many things he did with Lauren he was doing with his victims, and she likely thought is might be "normal".

2. Then he and Lauren were recruited to join Nike by Amy Yoder Begley (and her husband) married a third woman. Talk about disfunction.

3. He assisted with OTC, worked around Salazar, and was around during the doping scandal.

He's a bit of a product of the disfunction that is USATF. I don't know if he could have coached any other way then to make it "hands on".

I'm not making excuses but significant blame should be on the person that hired them with no real coaching experience, and then never questioning why successful women would leave the program at such an alarming rate.

Also, the VP of Campus Ministries is an assistant track coach, where was he? Why is the AD still there?

Wow. I didn't see that, but here it is:

This town, high school, university, and this religion that seems to be followed by everyone in the town, high school, and university, all need to be looked at closer:

Some religious institutions - not all by any means - do a poor job of identifying and managing sexual harassment and impropriety situations. The Southern Baptist convention is struggling with this now. This is not a condemnation of all religious entities, but an often observed behavior pattern is to bury an accusation, avoiding the issues and the victims which in the long run makes things worse. There is also often a reluctance to get third parties (including law enforcement involved), under the thinking that the religious institution can handle things within their theological constructs (hate the sin but love the sinner must have limits). I don't know what this school did, but from afar it looks to square with a disturbing pattern. I am aghast this guy and his spouse had any connection to the school after the first incident.

If your church name is that long it's probably a cult and the women are probably forcefully submissive.

Alan

This is taken from page 3 of this document https://www.ub.org/ncdownloads/2017/hstf-rationale-coverletter.pdf found on the United Brethren website:

The Local Congregation and Human Sexuality
1. All persons, irrespective of physicality, gender, or sexual
orientation, are made in the image and likeness of God.
Therefore, a congregation should focus on:
a. Honoring all persons as created human beings who are
deeply loved by God.
b. Extending hospitality to all persons who are drawn to its
public gatherings.
2. All persons have been wounded in their sexuality and
are in need of the full redemption of Christ. God desires that
human beings live in loving, committed, life-giving, healing
relationships in all aspects of life. Therefore, a congregation
should focus on:
a. The redemption and wholeness of all persons.
b. The healing of relationships.
3. All persons can be tempted to use other people for their
own sexual desires, contrary to the loving will of God. Therefore, out of honor for God and each other, a congregation
should focus on:
a. Encouraging the creation and maintenance of healthy,
biblical sexual boundaries.
b. Recognizing that celibacy can be a more radical, sacrificial expression of love than sexual intimacy.
4. All persons need opportunity for safety and authenticity. It is hypocritical to judge the sins of others while failing
to acknowledge our own. Therefore, a congregation should
focus on:
a. Protecting each other from harm, particularly when we
are in each other’s care.
b. Healing those who have been abused.
c. Redeeming perpetrators of abuse.

REDEEMING PERPETRATORS OF ABUSE.

I agree and pavement88 also brings up good points. The tendency to rely on God and theocratic teachings as the arbiter of abuse cases is what allows this to go on for so long. A good groomer of sexual victims can also groom church officials that seek to handle the matter internally. All it requires is patience - do the classes, attend the pastoral marriage counseling, hit all of your Bible study classes, and then put on a great performance when convincing all concerned that you have prayed on it, humbled yourself before The Almighty, and that He has communicated to you personally that you are both forgiven and redeemed in His eyes.

I prefer the secular justice system. While you sit in prison, spend that time gaining forgiveness and redemption. Your victims and society have the right to demand and expect justice in this temporal realm.

Haven’t read much of the Bible I’m guessing.

A cult always operates on some sort of spiritual or moral guideline. It doesn’t have to be religious, but religion is certainly a good driving force for all the reasons we’re aware of. Everyone in the cult gets so convinced that the guiding principles are good that they will overlook very obvious bad things. Literally watch any documentary on cults and you’ll see the same stuff play out. The charismatic cult leader always ends up sleeping with all the wives.

Rojo totally missed a golden opportunity to title this thread and the LRC article Sex and Drugs and Track & Field. But it’s no surprise.

Thoth talking about the denomination affiliated with the school has some relevance, the affiliation isn’t that deep. Many employees have no connection to the denomination outside of the school, including Nick Johnson and the president before she worked at the school. From my memory Nick attended both a Catholic church and a church affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene denomination. So the school has issues, there isn’t any proof they’re tied to the denomination as a whole.

Sex Drugs and Track and field is the story of Pre, this is rape, sexual abuse, kidnapping, and forced doping.