“My understanding is Paterno heard some allegations and reported them to his superiors at the university.”
I think your understanding isn’t based on the most recent relevations. Paterno not only heard the allegations, but he knew about the prior incident, he led the cover-up, he allowed Sandusky to continue to access the facilities where the rape occurred, and he did nothing to stop Sandusky from continuing to bring kids to those facilities for years afterwards.
<>“My understanding is Paterno heard some allegations and reported them to his superiors at the university.” I think your understanding isn’t based on the most recent revelations.<>
I think your understanding isn’t based on the most recent revelations, either:
He did too report them and the DA Ray Gricar failed to prosecute and then disappeared in 2005:
http://www.johnziegler.com/editorials_details.asp?editorial=219