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\nPREVIOUSLY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Re-Introducing Rapist Hall of Fame Swim Coach Paul Bergen – By Comparison, Newly Convicted Rapist Coach Rick Curl Is Small Potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>Muchnick Flashback: A Few Words About ID’ing Sex-Abusing Swimming Coaches<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>What Rapist International Swimming Hall of Fame Coach Paul Bergen Is Up to These Days<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Paul Bergen molested his swimmer Deena Deardurff Schmidt beginning when she was 11.<\/p>\n

In 2010, ESPN’s T.J. Quinn confronted USA Swimming chief Chuck Wielgus about this on camera. Here’s the transcript excerpt:<\/p>\n

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Quinn: When she [Deena Deardurff Schmidt] tried to pass along the name of the coach that molested her to the organization [USA Swimming] years ago, she was told that she couldn’t file a complaint because she wasn’t an active member.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q to Wielgus: After her press conference, you didn’t reach out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus (smirking): No, I did not.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: Why not call her and say what is this? Who is the coach? What can we do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus: Well … I wish she would file a complaint, but …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: She had a press conference. That’s a pretty public complaint if you want to call it that. Why do you have to wait for a piece of paper to initiate an investigation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus (smirking): Well, I would like for her to name a name. Ideally, she should name a name and go to the police. If she will name a name to us, we’ll go to the police, but.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: But you haven’t called her and asked her?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus (smirking): I have not called her and asked her.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: Should you have?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus (smirking): In retrospect, I guess the answer to that question would be yes. But if I were to call somebody every time I heard a rumor …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: That’s not a rumor. That’s an Olympic champion giving a press conference saying she was not only abused …<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus: A rumor about a name.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Q: Yes, but I’m saying that does not seem like a sign to somebody that the organization has become more proactive. What does it say to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wielgus (smirking): Sounds like I should call her up and talk to her.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Next: Michael Phelps’ coach, Paul Bergen protege Bob Bowman, talks about Bergen and horses.<\/p>\n

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Irv Muchnick<\/em>
\ntips@muchnick.net<\/p>\n

Tim Joyce<\/em>
\njoyce.timothy@gmail.com<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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