Regarde:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/72798819/JOE-PATERNO-S-ORGANIZED-CRIME-CONNECTIONS
“The Paterno family plans to launch its own investigation in the wake of the Freeh report.”
“The Paterno Family?” Sounds like a crime syndicate. I guess in a perverse way it is!
I'd cut the family a little slack. They just found out that their recently deceased patriarch is alleged to have done some horrible things -- mostly by failing to live-up to his own moral code. They're having a hard time accepting it.
The only family member who might have been in a position to know was son, Jay Paterno -- who was on the coaching staff. But as SOB (Son of Boss) It's possible he was treated like a mushroom & kept out of the loop. Even if Jay got 'glimmers' he likely wouldn't have said anything to his sibblings, and certainly nothing to his mother, Sue Paterno.