People are saying he should have done more. If he does more, how does he know he isn't jeopardizing an investigation though?
Yes, more should have been done to stop Sandusky. Was it Paterno who should have done more though or others?
Just saying that he wishes he did more isn't the admission of guilt that people are taking it to be here.
Stop posting if you haven’t read the grand jury report. McQueary told Paterno. Paterno told the AD - Curley. Curley told Schultz. McQueary met with Curley & Schultz. None of them called the police. McQueary & Paterno knew nothing came of their reports. The most Curley told McQueary he would do was take Sandusky’s locker room keys and tell Second Mile. Yet, Sandusky continued to have access to the facilities and the Second Mile charity. McQueary got a coaching job & Paterno & Curley got another decade of Atta Boys.
Curley & Schultz were legally required to call the police about McQueary’s report. They tried to evade the consequences of failing to do so by claiming to the grand jury that McQueary did not report anything of a sexual nature. The grand jury indicted them for perjury.
Paterno reported “something” to his boss, the AD, who reported “something” to the administrative head of the security dept. The so-called investigation concluded with no charges but Sandusky was allowed to retire, and Paterno just sat on his hands for 9 years. Sandusky still had access to school facilities and underage boys via his foundation during that time and Paterno still just sat on his hands instead of raising the flag on the situation as was his moral obligation to do, at a minimum. Call it what you want - he was an enabler that allowed the crimes to continue due to his inaction while having specific knowledge of the situation (unless McQueary had lied to him, but he also kept McQueary on staff so that isn’t a credible excuse). I wouldn’t be surprised if Sandusky had previously molested McQueary also which would explain some of the hesitancy and delays in getting the rape reported.
Some of the obfuscators here are correct in saying “all the facts aren’t known yet”; that is true, but for Paterno only one fact is necessary to justify his firing - he knew and did nothing (but the legal minimum) to protect those boys being molested and raped! He knew and allowed the continuing coverup on his watch! Good riddance!
There is no doubt in my ex-military mind that if Victim #1’s mother had not created enough of a stink to get a Grand Jury seated, Paterno would still be sitting on his 84 yr old hands and enjoying the adulation of Happy Valley while his prior, long-time assistant was still raping little boys, as if nothing was amiss!
JC