I’m lost. I thought this guy was a former assist. coach who was no longer employed at Penn., and was not associated any longer in coaching or with Paterno. That Paterno turned him in upon hearing the eye witness and that the creep was run off from officing some kid program there on campus. No? I figure Paterno turned the creep in, on time, and went back into the tunnel vision world of coaching. Are you saying he should have called the police on hear-say then? Guess I need to read more. A lesson for all of us. You may want to think it is handled and it isn’t.
Unfortunately, regular follow-up is usually required.
Even JoePa should know that well from experience.
Your take is about like mine. I think that the then Student Assistant may have worded his reporting to Paterno entirely different from what he had to report as an older adult testifying to a grand jury as to what he saw.
I think Paterno, nine years ago at 75, had blinders on and could not fathom someone he had known for years being capable of something that he couldn’t concieve of.
My dad was old school, about 10 years older than Paterno and I remember he could not comprehend how a co-worker of his who later worked for me went off the deep end in a different manner. Dad had matured in an era where such things were more rare and where such crimianals were long gone prior to perfecting their perversion through middle age as this guy had done.
Would-have, could-have, should-have....
That is correct. The perp was run off campus. Paterno himself did not witness anything and dutifully passed on everything reported to him in a timely and proper manner.
I'm sure he wishes he had done more, but he's old school, respected the chain of command and trusted his superiors to do the right thing as he was supposed to do.
Joe Pa was turned into a fall guy because Graham Spanier needed company to take the heat off his politically correct effeminate ass. That's all.
If interested, you can read my supporting evidence for this opinion here.
Dig a little further under this pile on and I think you will find people who hate Paterno because of his politics, his religion or both.
Essentially, a predator was caught in the act but had others directly connected to him that knew and/or were participating in the same deviant acts elsewhere in time.
That predator is not prosecuted so as to avoid exposing a criminal enterprise, such as a predator’s farm.
This time around it involves a college and its administration, football coaching staff, self-police force, counsel and programs funded through the college besides city and state police forces along with Attorney Generals.
You can include the media as part of any coverup.
Thank gawd for Grand Juries but even this one investigating and uncovering the allegations took years due to the uncooperative witnesses germane to the matter hence the perjury charges.
Tough to do discovery when a criminal enterprise resembles the mafia whereas the victims are just the cost of doing business.
According to former players (in the mid 2000s), when there were discipline issues on the Penn State team such as breaking team rules or whatever, they were sent to volunteer at the Second Mile foundation to work off their misdeeds. Sandusky was at practices, and he continued to bring children to campus.
Rita? Here's a comparison. And it's not an insult to what you know, it's just to give you an idea about how horrific this in scope - length of time, boys involved, and men in power with moral authority who either chose not to act or acted only to cover it up.
What you wrote is to the Penn State scandal as Borger is to the State of Texas.
And we're getting a glance that by the time this is over, it will be as Borger is to the Earth.
the best place to start is the 23 page grand jury presentment.
use google search words
sandusky presentment
you will be amazed at how “welcome” this monster was on campus right up until last week.