And yet he still picked up the phone and called the Athletic Director in 2001 to report his longtime friend after the McQuery incident.
Big deal. It was two day's after he was told. Paterno never even tried to find the child or to ensure the child's well being. Paterno called the athletic director to alert him that Sandusky was at it again and there was a witness this time. The emails and notes show that what took place next was a cover-up. Sandusky still had access to the showers after 2001 and was still bringing children to football practices and games. Sandusky raped a child before the Alamo bowl using tickets given to him by Paterno.
I'm not buying that Paterno didn't know what was going on. Several janitors said that they knew what Sandusky was doing in the football team's showers but were afraid of Paterno.
I own apartment buildings. I have rented to people who turned out later to be criminals. I evicted them. If I saw them hanging around the buildings today I would call the police.
Paterno let Sandusky bring children to football practice and games for years after 2001. Sandusky was also convicted of raping boys at Penn. State in 2002 and 2003. There wasn't a third party to witness those attacks so Joe Paterno didn't need to call the A.D. in 2002 and 2003 to try to sweep it under the rug.
I think there are other coaches and players who know what Sandusky was doing as well. I think there are people at the Second Mile who knew as well. Those people are still sticking their heads in the sand.