He reported it to the campus police. Why not make your complaint to them, the athletic department head, the school president, the district attorney - all who have more authority than Joe. Why single him out and not the ones with authority?
What planet are you from? Joe Paterno carries more authority there than all the people you cite combined!
You do know a previous DA looking into this completely disappeared?
He reported it to the campus police. Why not make your complaint to them, the athletic department head, the school president, the district attorney - all who have more authority than Joe. Why single him out and not the ones with authority?
Joe Paterno was Penn State. You have a man who was a living legend and icon. A man who preached honor and integrity.
A man who did not follow up on a report that his one-time successor was sodomizing a young boy in the showers of his locker room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why is this so hard to understand? Technically, he did what he was supposed to do. Fact - this guy continued to abuse children. Don’t you think it’s strange that Joe Pa never questioned this or inquired about what happened???
A man of honor and integrity does not simply report the abuse of a child. A man of honor and integrity puts the safety and welfare of children above his career, football program, and school.
Hope that makes sense..... this story is so disgusting on so many levels it is unimaginable. Failure to report the abuse of children is horrible. Not reporting it when you know the abuser continues to have access to vulnerable children is unforgiveable.
He should have reported it to the real police.
Paterno did NOT report it to the campus police.
Joe was not singled out. President Spanier is GONE. VP Schultz is GONE. AD Curley is GONE. Ex-coach Sandusky is GONE.
In case you missed it 3 people aside from Paterno are already gone including the President who was fired tonight along with Joe. I expect the former grad student and now offensive coach will be joining them and there may be more. These are the names known now. Joe is hardly the only one being singled out, he’s just the most high profile. Well, other then Sandusky who everyone knows now.
Don’t defend him. I’m not in the mood. If a coach at Ohio can be fired for covering for students who sold their own memorbilia then damn well a coach with the power of Paterno informed of Sandusky’s activities years ago can be and should be fired. Best thing he can do is pull his head out of his....and realize it’s not about his university or football program. It’s about those kids. If he wants to make amends then spend that time he was in press boxes and sidelines on working to help prevent child abuse.
My wife used to work for a well known university. The football coach was paid more than the president. Paterno only reported this to the AD. Paterno is the power at Penn State U State Pen U. He punted.
Clearly you are clueless. Stop posting and save yourself the embarrassment.
Are you really serious? Nothing happened within the athletic department without Joe Paternos’ explicit or implicit approval. He was and obviously still is held up as some sort of god.
Can you cite a source the he reported it to the campus police? I’ve only read he reported it to the athletic director.
You know this to be true? Because at a State College, that's generally tantamount to reporting it to the State Police. I thought, though, that he reported it to the AD, and the AD handled it miserably. Paterno's charge is that he allowed the coach to come back to work, with the blessing of the AD, though they took away his keys to the locker room.
The whole thing is bizarre though. I don't care how hedonistic this society is, nobody walks in on a middle aged man having sex with a teenager, in a college locker room... well, I CAN see reporting it to the korch. It doesn't, prima facie, automatically sound like a police matter. If it wasn't clear who he was having sex with, I can see this, sort of. But it doesn't add up. Not what we know so far.
This was going on for many years. Joe should have made sure this was being handled responsibly, meaning going to the campus police and leaving it there was not enough. If it had been one of his children or grandchildren being abused, I’m sure he would not have left it there.
If someone I knew was involved in something like that, I would not rest until I was sure that person was in cuffs and hauled off to jail. We can all be sure that Joe knew that this was going on for a while. Turning a head is awful, immoral, and criminal. All of them need to be put on trial. That is my prayer.