From yesterday's longer story, I believe Joe Paterno was told by the graduate assistant who witnessed the assault by Sandusky. Paterno reported the charge to Curley, the Athletic Director, which is why Curley knew about it.
I don't know whether Paterno had an obligation to notify police. The article (and I never believe what journalists write about the law) suggests that Curley and Schultz had an obligation to report Sandusky to the police because they had conducted an 'investigation."
Not a defense of anyone - just some additional facts from a longer story.
Paterno let this pedo keep his campus office until friday. There is way more to this story I have a feeling. Sandusky started his kids charity in 1977. Pedos don’t start raping children when they are in their 50’s. Paterno forced Sandusky to retire after he molested a boy in his locker room in 1998. Then he rapes a boy a few years later in Paterno’s locker room showers and Paterno did NOTHING. He never followed up when he knew this guy was still around kids. This is the end of Joe Pa sad to say...
I do not unterstand why the graduate student who witnessed the assault did not intervene.
I'm sorry, but if I see a man anally raping a child, I'm going to physically stop the act and take the child to the hospital. The coroner can mop up what's left.
This went all the way up to the PSU president. They were all guilty of the coverup. Everyone of them had a legal responsibility to ensure it was reported to the police.
Additionally, there was 1998 event with Sandusky that was recorded by the university police. Apparently Schultz didn't properly cleanse the police records as now he is surprised that there is a written report.
They all knew the dude was a child molester for years BEFORE the 2002 event and they all knew that he was still out there molesting kids. They still welcomed a known child molester to their facilities.