How is it reprehensible to meet with a graduate assistant reporting an incident he claims to have witnessed one day and then meet with your immediate superior and pass that to him a day later.
What's reprehensible are Monday morning quarterbacks who can't get their facts straight.
Throwing out senseless strawman BS does nothing but show your desperation. Paterno WAS Penn State, he screwed up royally. He paid the price for being negligent. God and the victims of his negligence will have to forgive him.
There are no excuses for the reprehensible conduct of the most powerful people at PSU. Why do you defend them?