Of course there has been a cover up, that’s been obvious from day one.. the question is WHY...
Too many people IMHO had to turn a blind eye for too long for this just to have been a lone wolf thing. I know state college is a small town, and I know all about how things work in such places, but even that cannot explain away how many people HAD to look the other way, for this guy to do what he did. TOO MANY people from too many organizations had to turn a blind eye for it to have simply been “oooh its Sandusky he’s a big fish, don’t question it”.
This guy was taking children from school without parental consent, you have to know you are protected to even attempt such a feat, and you’d have to be protected by powerful people to think you could (and did for likely years) get away with it. Someone (or more importantly MANY SOMEONES) are likely watching your back.
I suspect, that once they start digging they are going to find a whole lot of other powerful folks were having sex with these kids or others, and they have been protecting one another. Sandusky may have been a relatively big fish in State College PA, but he wasnt so big that everyone was going to turn a blind eye to him especially a decade or more after he was let go.
I Believe that PSU knew without question probably before, but certainly no later than 1998/9 when the initial investigation happened that this guy was abusing children. They covered it up to protect the program and the university, and would not be suprised if they knew long before.
I also believe that this scandal will ultimately take out a lot of power folks, who were just active in covering it up, but were active in acts as well. If I am right on this, and I am admitting speculation on this at this point, but my gut tells me this is way bigger than just a single sicko, I guarantee the tentacles will will go into all sorts of entities, school administration, police, business leaders, and yes no doubt current and/or former politicians in Harrisburg and potentially even DC.
I may turn out to be completely wrong on this speculation, but I just don’t believe that he got away with everything he got away with for so long as a simple lone wolf, at least not in the manner of things he’s been accused of doing.
If he were having the boys come to his house or a neutral private location, then certainly could see that going on for years with no one knowing. Taking them from school in the middle of the day? Fooling around with them in Penn State facilities? etc etc etc.. I think there is way way way more goin going on here.
You nailed it.
And for some recent evidence, look at how the judge let him go with a no-bond bond, and a no-lockup lockup, completely on his own recognances - and she's a member of his kids organization! When's the last time someone was arrested on 40 counts of child rape and told by the judge, "hey, go get yourself a beer, when we have a trial we'll give ya a ring"?
More to this? HELL yes.