I wonder if this law would apply to football coach Joe Paterno when one of his staff reported seeing another coach raping a 10 year old boy.
Paterno waited till the next day to meet with the Athletic Director, neither of which alerted the police.
It depends on the specifics of state law. Is a college sports staff member a “mandatory reporter”? I don’t know. And does the reporting mandate transfer to a second person told by the first person?
Most mandatory reports are people who are commonly involved with minor children: teachers, doctors, youth sports personnel. College sports employees might not be covered.
Wrong. Paterno alerted the Campus Police, which were/are the police force for University Park (the campus but a real police force since it’s considered a separate entity from the town of State College). He alerted his superiors who alerted the campus/real police force, who in turn were supposed to follow through. Also, Sandusky wasn’t a Coach at the time of the supposed incident (which wasn’t a part of the case-thrown out for lack of evidence).
A new law was established in PA to deal with this after this case but nevermind...some people refuse to read the actual evidence and court transcripts and just go by what the MSM decided to report, lol, regardless of how biased and non-factual.
BTW, the assistant coach who reported the alleged rape, that was thrown out and never charged,since they couldn’t find a victim, changed his story (again).