Sandusky was not an employee at the time. If Paterno falsely accused a private citizen based on a vague charge by an assistant coach(Paterno saw nothing and there are questions as to what McQueary actually told him)and that charge was proven wrong...Paterno could be sued into oblivion. Paterno took the witness to those who could investigate. Paterno was the ONLY one at PSU who did what he was supposed to.
This is going to get more interesting as the facts reveal Corbett (gov of PA) was AG and in charge of the investigation in '09.
Hogwash. Paterno heard what Sandusky was alleged to have done, Paterno covered his own tail by reporting something into his chain of command, and nothing else. His responsibility (and McQueary's) was to keep reporting until Sandusky was led off in handcuffs.
Since his job and Penn State's football program was more important that those kids, they just kept going and left Sandusky to keep up his evil.
Joe Paterno and all the other people in that school who allowed that scum to stay uncaught are culpable, period.
Apparently that included giving Sandusky unfettered access to the Penn State locker room with little boys.
Nice work there, jopa (spit). RIH.