Below are the topics for "The Moral Side of the News" program broadcast on WHAS-TV at 5:30am and FAITH CHANNEL at 12:00nn on Sunday, December 4, 2011. The program also airs on various Clear Channel radio station in Louisville on Sundays at 7:00am or 7:30am. The program airs on WHAS 840AM radio at 9:30pm on Sundays.
TOPIC 1:
Jefferson County Attorney to sue U of L over hospital merger information
LOUISVILLE, Ky., (WHAS11)— The Jefferson County Attorney is suing the University of Louisville to get additional information about the possible hospital merger. The merger proposed is between UofL, Jewish, Saint Mary's and Saint Joseph's of Lexington. County Attorney Mike O'Connell says he plans to sue U of L because they didn't provide documents related to the proposed merger. He says there are too many questions about the proposed deal. The proposed merger has been controversial because of beliefs in the Catholic health care system about reproductive and end of life issues. The governor has to officially sign off on the merger and that hasn't happened yet.
WATCH STORY: http://www.whas11.com/news/health/Jefferson-County-Attorney-to-su-U-of-L-over--134676363.html
QUESTION: What are your thoughts on this? Should the public be concerned about this merger?
TOPIC 2:
Syracuse Chancellor: Boeheim's Our Coach
Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor gave men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim a vote of confidence Tuesday amid an investigation of child molestation allegations against his former longtime assistant coach. Cantor emerged from an economic development conference with state officials and said: "Coach Boeheim is our coach." Some commentators and sex abuse victims' advocates had said Boeheim should resign or be fired after three men, including two former Syracuse ballboys, accused former assistant coach Bernie Fine of molesting them and Boeheim verbally attacked the accusers. "Coach Boeheim is our coach; he's getting the team ready tonight," Cantor said. "We're very pleased with what he said Sunday night, and we stand by it." After initially saying Fine's first two accusers were lying to make money in the wake of the Penn State University sexual abuse scandal, Boeheim backed off those comments in a statement Sunday.
"What is most important is that this matter be fully investigated and that anyone with information be supported to come forward so that the truth can be found," Boeheim said after Fine's firing. "I deeply regret any statements I made that might have inhibited that from occurring or been insensitive to victims of abuse." Bobby Davis first contacted Syracuse police in 2002 about Fine, but there was no investigation because the statute of limitations had passed. On Nov. 17, his allegations resurfaced. Davis, now 39, told ESPN that Fine molested him beginning in 1984 and that the sexual contact continued until he was around 27. A ball boy for six years, Davis said the abuse occurred at Fine's home, at Syracuse basketball facilities and on team road trips, including the 1987 Final Four. Davis' stepbrother, Mike Lang, 45, who also was a ball boy, also told ESPN that Fine began molesting him while he was in fifth or sixth grade.
On Sunday, a third man, Zach Tomaselli, who faces sexual assault charges in Maine involving a 14-year-old boy, said he told police last week that Fine molested him in 2002 in a Pittsburgh hotel room. Fine has denied the allegations.
CONTINUE READING: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/syracuse-chancellor-boeheims-coach-15049434
RELATED STORY:
Syracuse Chancellor Sends Email About Firing
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/syracuse-chancellor-sends-email-firing-15037879
Video: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/syracuse-scandal-coach-accused-15043887
QUESTION: What are your thoughts on the latest developments at Syracuse? What are your thoughts on how the University police handled the allegations in 2002?
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