“If he were still alive and went on trial for covering-up child sexual abuse, do you think that the verdict would be substantially different than that of Jerry Sandusky?”
My guess is yes, it would be.
My understanding is Paterno heard some allegations and reported them to his superiors at the university. If nothing happened, he might have assumed they were BS. When allegations came around again he might have assumed they were BS just like the last time.
What would you think if a friend and co-worker, a family man who has a foundation that helps kids, someone you have known for 20 years, is accused of molesting children? Wouldn’t your first reaction be to doubt it and suspect someone is lying about him?
I don’t know if Paterno met his legal requirements or not, but I bet getting a conviction would have been difficult.
Paterno probably failed in his responsibilities, but I think there has been a rush to transfer blame to him because his death made it convenient. Paterno trusted a long-time friend who turned out to be untrustworthy. Sandusky is the one who was raping little boys, not Paterno.
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Yeah, that's what I said
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Raping little boys? I didn't see it.
Somebody mighta said something. But none of my staff would do that.
Look, you want to keep the cash register ringing?
Want to keep your job?
Then just STFU!
Be carefull with that soap there. Hehehe. Gotcha
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Couldn't have done it without your silence.
Either McQueary wasn't a credible witness and Paterno gave him a job DESPITE him making up seeing things in the showers (that other people had seen before) - or McQueary was a credible witness and Paterno did nothing other than to give him a job - and then ignore Sandusky parading young boys around the Penn State campus for a decade plus - having them be his ‘dates’ at banquets, etc.
Paterno notified Sandusky that there was an eyewitness account of what he did in the shower - enabling him to silence the victim who still has never been heard from.
Paterno quashed the move the take this to actual authorities by saying it wouldn't be “humane”; humane to Sandusky - his concern was for Sandusky.
Paterno was directly involved in the cover-up that enabled Sandusky to continue raping boys - AND continue to use the Penn State facility as the “currency” with which he “groomed” his victims - and often the location of their rape.
It happened in Paterno’s facilities, due to Paterno doing everything he could to cover it up.
“My understanding is Paterno heard some allegations and reported them to his superiors at the university.”
I think your understanding isn’t based on the most recent relevations. Paterno not only heard the allegations, but he knew about the prior incident, he led the cover-up, he allowed Sandusky to continue to access the facilities where the rape occurred, and he did nothing to stop Sandusky from continuing to bring kids to those facilities for years afterwards.