Keep in mind that Paterno was only a football coach who relayed the information given to him by McQueery to his superiors. That fulfilled his responsibility as a coach. He was not an administrator. What he was told was questionable in that Mr. McQueery did not stop it, or could not tell him who else was involved, not even today can McQueery tell him who the boy was. What else was he supposed to do? If he had gone to the police, they would have asked him who the boy was. They would have asked him where he got the information. What do you suppose Sandusky would have said? What would he have looked like? Given all that, wasn't it McQueery's responsibility? Tell me, why was it Joe Paterno's? "Let's take down the big guy' mentality!
Joe Paterno SHOULD have done more. He didn’t. He isn’t the monster in this story. He is THE person who could have stopped the monster. He didn’t. EVERYONE and ANYONE who knew about the fiend Sandusky and did nothing to stop him is responsible.
The take away quote from the trial from the lead prosecutor was the question: “How many naked boys does a man have to shower with before someone starts asking a few questions?”. The jury surely decided his guilt at that very moment.
'Hearsay' is getting something second hand.
Paterno was hearing this from someone who had first hand knowledge. So, Paterno hears that a grown man is in the shower with a young boy and does what? NOTHING!
Oh, he reported it to the higher ups and then forgot about the entire matter.
Now letters and Emails have come out proving that Paterno knew about what Sandusky was doing earlier and covered it up.
You Paterno defenders are worse then the Clinton defenders ever were!
Paterno was a liar and a fraud and morally complicit in the crimes against those young boys.