Pattern isn’t perfect but the fact is that he was the only person to hold Jerry Sandusky to any account during the entire abuse saga.
Sandusky was busted in 1998, and after that investigation Paterno removed him from the program.
While the state of Pennsylvania failed to prosecute and the PSU board of trustees and president sat by and let Sandusky maintain an on campus office with Emiritus status.
The really sad part of the story... While Paterno and McQueery’s careers have been destroyed, while fully cooperatong with the investigation.
All the men charged with a crime are having their legal bills paid for by the university, and while while they are on leave... Still have their tenure status fully intact.
The past president of the University... Still tenured faculty.
The Governor of the state should resign, he held Joe Paterno to a much higher standard than he has held himself in this case.
So basically JoePa didn't care if Sandusky continued to diddle little boys, just as long as he didn't do it on campus.
“The really sad part of the story... While Paterno and McQueery’s careers have been destroyed, while fully cooperatong with the investigation.”
The sad thing is that you are not alone in that frightening thought. The truly sad thing is that children were molested and raped. No career problem comes close to that.
What? The Governor didn't sit at the pregame banquet coaches' table with Sandusky and his date, Victim #4, during the 1998 and 1999 seasons, while knowing that Sandusky had a problem with little boys.
Paterno did.
Paterno allowed Sandusky to bring a boy as his 'date' to the team's official home date overnights at Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center during the 1998 and 1998 seasons - even the full season after Paterno "forced" Sandusky to resign.
Do you know what happened in that room in the Toftrees when Sandusky was alone with the boy, thirteen in 1998 and fourteen in 1999? Sanduky molested him in the shower and room.
The Governor didn't sit at those pregame banquets making eye contact with Sandusky's boy toy date, like Paterno did. The Governor didn't know Sandusky had the boy there at Toftrees for an overnighter, like Paterno did.
And when it came time for the 1999 Alamo Bowl, the Governor didn't allow Sandusky to bring the boy (again, Victim #4) to San Antonio as part of the official Penn State contingent. To San Antonio, where Sandusky molested the boy.
The grand jury presentment says that McQueary told Paterno what he saw in the showers in 2002, but it's careful not to go into details. That allows Paterno to skate when he claims (lies under oath) that he was only told it was fondling or something of a sexual nature that upset McQueary.
The Governor didn't wait a day to report the incident to Curley, nor just forget about it afterward.
I'm certain the Governor didn't know about the 2000 oral sodomy observed by the janitor in the Penn State showers; I'm certain Paterno heard.
The Governor was the State Attorney General who actually initiated the investigation of Sandusky that resulted in his indictment and the indictment of Curley and Schultz. He launched the investigation based on a high school coach's report of suspected oral sodomy. Paterno is the guy who, despite knowing of the 1998 investigation and report, failed every ethical and moral test when told of the anal rape of a ten year-old boy by his friend, in Paterno's football showers. And they were Paterno's showers. Remember that the football facilities at Penn State are separate from the other athletic facilities.
What we've learned is that Paterno talked a big game when it came to morals and ethics; he just didn't apply them to his football team or his own oversight of the football team.