some questions including use of colon

After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’  is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case.

1) Does 'scandal' sound proper in this sentence? It should mean a socially shocking incident.

2) Does 'is following like domino effect' make sense?

3) Did I use colon right way?

4) Is this sentence clearly understandable?

 I feel I asked too much in one post.

 I'll appreciate every correction to my sentence.

Thank you so much for all your answers and the nice sentences you presented.

Hi,

After a fake academic degree scandal of Ms.Shin, a former professor at Dongguk University, is exposed, a continual coming out of celebrities’ ‘fake degree’  is following like domino effect : Ms.Yun’s confession that she hasn’t attended Ewha Univ. is also one of the case.

What is the difference, if any, between using "a continual coming out" and "a continual 'outing'" in terms of structural correctness, not considering its grammatical or semantical correctness? Can we say "a continual coming out" as a countable noun (sense), not it to mean "coming out in a sexual nature (or way),"; and using it as a gerund being used as a countable noun.  Is "coming out" a gerund? I think a gerund is one that having the characteristic of both verb and noun. If it could, how would you see it as -- as the first mention of a countable noun or as an instance of the uncountable noun "coming out"? Sorry if my question is ambiguous. 

I'm not sure what you are asking . I see both 'coming out' and 'outing' as gerunds. I suppose you could, if you wanted to, talk about 'several comings out' or 'several outings', although the plural forms do sound awkward and umcommon.

Best wishes, Clive