[Uncle Chip]

In your Paterno-worshiping world, had you walked into the showers where Sandusky was raping that kid, you would probably have offered that rapist a fresh ‘soap-on-a-rope’ and wished him a good day before leaving.

Are you or Louis Freeh claiming that Joe Paterno did this???

[mkjessup]

Are you or Louis Freeh claiming that Joe Paterno did this???

Perhaps not the actual act of penetration, but Paterno's failure to act (which SHOULD have included being sure that Sandusky was exposed for his heinous crimes back in 1998) is why Sandusky was able to continue raping little boys.

So to answer your question with precision, Paterno may not have participated in the many rapes committed by Sandusky, but his negligence was equivalent to holding the kids down so they could be violated. All Paterno had to do was to open his mouth and tell what he knew, and he didn't.