Just one example is that he gave McQueary a job after McQueary gave a credible eye witness account of seeing Sandusky in the shower with a boy who looked about 10 years old with (not for the faint of heart) rhythmic sounds of wet bodies slapping together.
This was roughly a decade before these charges came to light.
If McQueary was NOT credible - why did Paterno give him a job? If McQueary was credible - then both he and Paterno witnessed, over the next DECADE, Sandusky parading around Penn State Campus with other young boys, going to banquets, and using his access to the Penn State athletic facilities as the “currency” with which he “groomed” his victims.
Paterno informed Sandusky of the eye witness account - but NOT actual authorities - allowing Sandusky to potentially silence the victim (who still has never been identified).
That is just ONE incident. The recent report also showed that this was the SECOND time (at least) that Paterno had credible reports of Sandusky victimizing young boys. It is also likely he knew of the janitor who saw the same thing McQueary did on a different date.
The report also showed that officials at Penn State were about to take what they knew to actual authorities - UNTIL they spoke with Paterno. Circumstantial - but quite damning.
Paterno is scum. Full stop. Winning football games does not ameliorate lessen or abrogate his complicity in child rape.
Paterno was determined to die as the Penn State coach, he knew his predecessor would eventually uncover the truth....I think of an accountant who never goes on a vacation.