The horror doesn’t seem to end. Just one or two victims of sexual assault is terrible. When a victim count rises to the triple digits, that goes beyond terrible.

Larry Nassar, a once well-regarded sports medicine doctor who worked for Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, pleaded guilty in November to a multitude of sexual assault charges. He also was sentenced in December to 60 years in prison on federal child pornography charges.

Specifically, Nassar has pleaded guilty to molesting females with his hands at various sites, including his MSU office. Those offenses reportedly occurred with him failing to wear gloves, and not seeking parental consent or having a chaperone in the room, which is standard practice.

A four-day hearing on the Nassar case was underway this week in a Lansing courtroom, and it included heartbreaking testimony from victims.

An Associated Press article quoted Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina as telling a 31-year-old victim: “You went to him for pain and healing, and you didn’t know. No one faults you or any other victim for that. You were a child.”

Nassar’s list of victims includes the well known and lesser known. Not that either distinction matters in the case of sexual assault, but it’s shocking to read that members of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning teams in women’s gymnastics have publicly stated Nassar abused them.

The latest to come forward is Simone Biles, who won golds in 2016 in the team, all-around, vault and floor exercise events as well as a bronze medal on the balance beam.

In a statement she released on Twitter, Biles said her “horrific experience” does not define her.

“I have promised myself that my story will be much greater than this and I promise all of you that I will never give up,” she said.

However, can anyone look at their gold medals and not view them as at least a bit tarnished? The gymnasts achieved feats of stupendous proportions, and they should have accomplished them without being sexually abused.

ESPN recently published a lengthy story for ESPN The Magazine’s Feb. 5 State of the Black Athlete issue on the Nassar scandal. Not only does it focus on Nassar, it mentions reports of alleged verbal and physical abuse by John Geddert, owner of the Lansing area’s Twistars gymnastics club where Nassar spent time.

Also noted in the article was the allegation that two former MSU gymnasts said they told ex-MSU coach Kathie Klages about Nassar improperly touching them during medical treatments. Klages reportedly hushed up their complaints.

A person has to wonder how the abuse went on for so long. How did a university administration, a sports national governing body — and probably others — let this happen?

You can’t blame the gymnasts here. At such a young age and probably still very impressionable, some probably believed Nassar’s treatment was legitimate, even if it made them uncomfortable and feel pain.

The abuse can’t be undone, but many lessons can be learned from the situation, not the least of which is: If someone comes forward with such a sensitive complaint, especially an underage child, listen. Report it to the proper authorities. Investigate.

Make sure it doesn’t happen again.