Rick Santorum thought so highly of Jerry Sandusky’s work with foster children that he nominated him for a “Congressional Angels in Adoption” award nine years ago, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
“Its philosophy is simple: it is easier to develop a child than to rehabilitate an adult,” read the citation from Santorum in the awards dinner program from Sept. 24, 2002.
Sandusky has been accused of sexually abusing young boys that he met through the group he founded to provide care for foster children.
Santorum is a 1980 graduate of Penn State.
