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More disgusting is the 1998 “caught in the showers with a minor” report that led to him no longer being a direct part of the Penn State program - but still given access to the facilities; thus leading up to the 2002 report - that was also ignored.

Is that information in the grand jury report?
If not could you provide a link to it?
I've got to leave this thread now. I'm sickened by this whole incident.
But, I'm not ready nor am I willing to throw Joe under the bus until all the facts are out.

Two months ago, state police at Rockview in Centre County began calling witnesses to a May 1998 report by Penn State University police detailing an earlier allegation of inappropriate contact against Sandusky by another boy.

According to several sources, that boy, who was 12 at the time, alleged he and Sandusky were showering in the football building on Penn State’s campus when the incident took place. The boy’s mother told The Patriot-News she was specifically instructed by state police at Rockview not to speak with a reporter. Her name is being withheld by The Patriot-News to protect the identity of her son.

No charges were ever filed against Sandusky.

According to sources close to the investigation, the boy told police in 1998 that Sandusky had showered with him in a locker room of the Lasch Building — home to the football program — during a tour. The boy claimed Sandusky washed his body during the shower, sources said.

As part of the May 1998 investigation, police had the boy’s mother call Sandusky to her State College home and confront him while they hid in another room, according to sources. Another boy, now an adult in the armed forces, was named as a witness in the 1998 Penn State police report and has been contacted by state police, his wife confirmed.

When reached by phone, his mother said she took her son to Penn State police for questioning in 1998 but didn’t listen to the interview. She said she never asked her son what happened.

Retired Penn State Police Officer Ron Schreffler handled the 1998 case. When approached recently, Schreffler said he couldn’t comment and asked a reporter, “How did you see that report?”

http://www.slowstates.com/blog/jerry-sandusky-investigation/

Yes, directly from the grand jury report.

The link was already on this thread.

The timeline is pretty damning for Paterno.

In 1998 while the guy was directly under Paterno he was caught in the showers with a minor male from the troubled youth program the PennStatePedofile ran.

This incident was apparently enough to remove him from his job, but not enough to remove him from campus.

This led to the 2002 incident of anal sex with a 10 year old in the Penn State shower.

After two credible reports of this guy in the shower with minor males - NOTHING until almost 10 years later.

Seems the facts are pretty damning and Joe Paterno was driving the bus all that time. Time for him to be thrown under it by any group of decent people. We will see if Penn State is a group of decent people or the kind who would continue to turn a blind eye to pedophilia.

You've already been given a link to the Grand Jury report. Here's the Grand Jury presentment. It contains much of the same information, but each of the documents contains information that the other doesn't. The report contains information heard from witnesses that isn't in the presentment; the presentment contains 'facts' the AD said it was going to show to the Grand Jury. Facts may have been presented to the Grand Jury that it didn't feel necessary to place in its report.

What's clear is that everybody associated with Penn State football found out in 1998 (or earlier) that Sandusky was showering with young boys in the football locker room showers. He wasn't prosecuted because apparently there wasn't evidence of molestation. The prosecutor, Gricar, disappeared. As in . . . disappeared.

But after that, Sandusky 'took an early retirement.'

Instead of being booted to the curb, Penn State - which although it sickens me, means, Joe Paterno - gave Sandusky emeritus status in the Athletic Department. An office in the athletic building. A phone. A parking space. An internet account. Discounts at the school store and on tuition for his kid. Keys to everything. And Sandusky kept hanging around . . . and bringing young boys with him from The Second Mile program. Sandusky was bringing them to pre-game banquets, even. And football practices. And showing them around the football locker room.

Ramcat? Think of the stereotype of the older pedophile. A creepy old man who lures kids with candy. The candy that Sandusky used was the Penn State football program.

And JoePa and everyone around the Penn State football program knew that Sandusky was using it as candy. Heck, they gave it to Sandusky to use when they gave him the emeritus status, the office, the keys, and the rights to sit at those pre-game banquets with the kids.

I'm sickened.