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.
Guess that explains why he was in his office on campus...ONE WEEK AGO.
The perp was “run off campus,” but what were Paterno and the school thinking? Just don’t do it here?
I love Joe. This is hard.
For the record, my dislike for Joe Paterno commenced with disparaging remarks he made against Alabama at the end of the 1979 Sugar Bowl. But that has no bearing on my opinions regarding the facts of this case.
Paterno testifies that a "visibly upset" McQueary came by his house and reported what he had seen. He also testified that 24 hours later, he relayed an account to the AD that differs from McQueary's testimony.
The bottom line here is that for a decade, Paterno continued his working relationship with both McQueary and Sandusky. There is a disturbing disconnect with that. For ten years, he has known that McQueary saw and heard Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in his locker room shower. Yet during those same ten years, he continues his friendship with Sandusky, ensuring that he had campus access and perks.
Paterno is no victim here. He knew what happened, and he did nothing to protect Penn State. And he certainly did nothing to help those young boys who would be getting raped for the next ten years.