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Penn State Rocked by Child Molestation Scandal; 'We Were All Fooled,' Joe Paterno Says
CNS News=AP ^ | 11/7/2011 | Genaro C Armas

Posted on 11/07/2011 2:17:26 PM PST by IbJensen

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To: IbJensen
along with scores of professionals trained in such things

Yea right, you have a degree and training to recognize sexual abuse.

21 posted on 11/07/2011 2:34:25 PM PST by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: mmanager; NewinTexsas

Ok folks let’s keep my post in perspective. Yesterday if you read this guy was getting a prize for something and it said that he was married with kids would you say “oh that guy is homo so get him out of that school?” No you wouldn’t. We are finding out about this disgusting creature TODAY! That is my point. The poster was saying the school should never have hired him because he was homo. How the heck is the school going to know that this guy was going to rape 8 boys?


22 posted on 11/07/2011 2:34:35 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: napscoordinator
I didn’t miss that but he was saying he was a homosexual and never should have gotten the job to begin with. How can you not give a guy a job when you have no idea that he is homo or not. That is what my post was saying.

How can you keep a guy on when you know he is banging little boys.

23 posted on 11/07/2011 2:35:12 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: IbJensen

Joe, the fish rots from the head, but I am sure … Pedophillia U of penn, will enjoy the name change, they have earned it.


24 posted on 11/07/2011 2:37:24 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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To: trumandogz

Of HAPPY VALLEY.


25 posted on 11/07/2011 2:38:03 PM PST by petitfour
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To: IbJensen

Here’s a little nugget from the indictment:

“Sandusky was investigated by university police in 1998 after a mother reported to them that her 11-year-old son had showered with Sandusky..........The university police detective advised Sandusky not to shower with a child again, and Sandusky promised he would not”

and:

“In March 2002, a graduate assistant stumbled upon Sandusky and a boy showering together at Penn State’s football facility....He saw a naked boy ... whose age he estimated to be ten years old, with his hands up against the wall, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky”

And...sadly:

“The graduate assistant informed Joe Paterno the next day”


26 posted on 11/07/2011 2:38:16 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: StopGlobalWhining
Also realize that Rock Hudson was married at one time.

The serious question of homosexuality and pedophilia needs to be put front and center. The correlation is very high. There is plenty of sexual abuse of girls and young women, and that is an equally terrible crime. But when you look at the Catholic church issues, for example, it's not that they overlooked pedophilia - it's that they had adverse selection for homosexuality working in their priesthood. And that is tantamount to inviting pedophilia.

It seems to me that some of the same people who want to amplify the outrage over this Penn State situation are some of the same people who are advocating for gay marriage and rights of all sorts based on sexual orientation. And part of that argument is to say that gays are no different than anyone else, except for sexual preference. Well, then the issue of homosexual pedophilia comes up, doesn't it?

In for a penny - in for a pound - if you want to vent and attack Joe Paterno, be my guest, I carry no portfolio for the guy or the school. But also face the predominance of homosexuality in pedophilia and explain and acknowledge the relationship between the two.

27 posted on 11/07/2011 2:38:26 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: InvisibleChurch
In subsequent years after the rape was reported to Paterno by the Grad Student Paterno knew Sandusky was still bringing young boys to Penn State football related dinners and events, also football games and to Tofftree hotel where the team stayed prior to the games. Once Paterno was made aware of Sandusky's criminal behavior he was morally responsible to ask questions. Paterno looked the other way.
28 posted on 11/07/2011 2:38:43 PM PST by jeeperz
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To: NewinTexsas

How can you keep a guy on when you know he is banging little boys.

Well that is a totally different situation that HOPEFULLY it is found that the school really didn’t know about this. My brother and sister in law are Alma Maters of the school and even have a Penn State room in their home. Thankfully I graduated from Florida State University. :)


29 posted on 11/07/2011 2:39:08 PM PST by napscoordinator
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If a guy comes to me and says he saw something in the showers you think one would not press the issue? JoePa is lying. This makes me sick.

This times a million. JoePa is morally culpable here. It's not a criminal issue for him (I'm an attorney and don't want to get into the issue of who can be charged with a crime). Several adults were informed that SOMETHING had gone on involving a former assistant coach and a young boy in a shower at the school at night. Their defense is that it was reported as "horseplay". Are you kidding me? A grown man and an underage boy in the shower at night????? Good grief. This is starting to sound like Trial at Nuremburg - I just obeyed the chain of command. Paterno and the university officials are morally culpable here. Very, very culpable.
30 posted on 11/07/2011 2:41:30 PM PST by rockvillem
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To: napscoordinator
The poster was saying the school should never have hired him because he was homo.

I couldn't find where that was posted.

How the heck is the school going to know that this guy was going to rape 8 boys?

They had tapes of him in 1998 telling a mother that he had molester her son. The case was dropped by the DA. Later the DA turned up missing and his body has never been found.

31 posted on 11/07/2011 2:41:53 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: napscoordinator

Hiding him for years is also the crime here.


32 posted on 11/07/2011 2:42:06 PM PST by org.whodat (Just another heartless American, hated by "AMNESTY" Perry and his fellow demorats.)
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To: napscoordinator
Well that is a totally different situation that HOPEFULLY it is found that the school really didn’t know about this.

See my #31. Also, according to testimony, the people that cleaned the showers had common knowledge of his 'behavior'. We know that they knew in 2002 yet still welcomed him to the 'facillities' and allowed him to continue molesting till 2009 when a public school coach called the authorities about him.

33 posted on 11/07/2011 2:44:40 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: napscoordinator

You should really read the indictment. It’s a fairly quick read with lots of details.The link was posted on an earlier thread.

The PA Attorney General had a press conference today and released a statement at http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=6277

It’s very likely that more boys will come out as this information gets more exposure.

From the statement today:

Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan had the following additional comments:

“This is not about a football team or a university; it is about child sexual abuse and the culture that allowed it to continue. These children are scarred for life.

Child sexual abuse is a serious crime and I assure you, the PA State Police will listen. If you or someone you know is a victim of sexual abuse, I leave you with three words: Nine - One - One.”


34 posted on 11/07/2011 2:45:20 PM PST by StopGlobalWhining (Only 3 1/2-5% of atmospheric CO2 is the result of human activities. 95-96.5% is from natural sources)
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To: NewinTexsas

They had tapes of him in 1998 telling a mother that he had molester her son. The case was dropped by the DA. Later the DA turned up missing and his body has never been found.

Oh wow! That is something. I guess this story is going to go on for a while. I didn’t know it went back that far or that a person is missing over this. I wonder if Ed Rendell has anything to do with this...../sarc.


35 posted on 11/07/2011 2:45:49 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: StopGlobalWhining

Yes you are right. Clearly I thought this was a recent story where he molested the boys a month ago.....This obviously is a bigger story than even I first thought. Thanks. I am going to read this.


36 posted on 11/07/2011 2:47:13 PM PST by napscoordinator
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37 posted on 11/07/2011 2:50:40 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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So he was a married homosexual with kids. So's 0bastard. Anyone molesting children deserves the death penalty. Too bad he won't get it. And those who covered up for him deserve it too. Too bad they won't get it either. My only solace is that Eternal Justice always is served, one way or another. Always.

38 posted on 11/07/2011 2:51:03 PM PST by little jeremiah (We will have to go through hell to get out of hell.)
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To: StopGlobalWhining
Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan had the following additional comments:

He also made comments that it was about the culture at PSU and that he had never seen such a crime covered up like this before.

39 posted on 11/07/2011 2:52:18 PM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: IbJensen

If one of Paterno’s players had one drink too many in a local tavern Joe Pa knew about it before the kid got back to the football dorm. In a town like State College nothing involving the football program passes unnoticed by Paterno. He knew and this was about keeping the Penn State brand name pure.


40 posted on 11/07/2011 2:53:39 PM PST by xkaydet65 (IACTA ALEA EST!!!')
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