‘My story is significant but not unique’: Schools caught passing the sexual trash, not cleaning it up

Third in a series
Part 1: Forbidden Fruit and the Classroom
Part 2: You the Taxpayer Are on the Hook
Related: A Sex-Abuse Suspect Ensnared by His Alleged Victim

To outward appearances, Michael Allen was a revered high school coach in the tiny community of Little Axe, Oklahoma — a caring, charismatic leader who mentored star athletes on his girls’ softball and boys’ baseball teams.

All of that changed when Allen and fellow coaches showed up at a 2002 spring break trip...