It does not matter if he called police since Joepa was not a witness to the event. This would have been “hearsay”. The ultimate responsibility would have McQueary to go to the police - not Paterno.
this hearsay argument has been discussed endlessly on these Penn State threads.
The rules of hearsay are rules of evidence for the courts - not for reporting child abuse in the first place.
The police, the lawyers, and the judges are the ones that make determinations about rules of evidence.
Ordinary citizens who learn of child rape are morally obligated to seek help for that child.
An eyewitness to child rape described what he SAW to JoePa - on JoePa’s own turf.
It isn’t that JoePa could possibly have felt powerless.
We’ve already learned what he can do when he doesn’t like an administrator...when he wanted that woman fired, he threatened Spanier he would stop fundraising if she wasn’t dismissed.
If only he had gotten that upset and angry over child rape.
this hearsay argument has been discussed endlessly on these Penn State threads.
The rules of hearsay are rules of evidence for the courts - not for reporting child abuse in the first place.
The police, the lawyers, and the judges are the ones that make determinations about rules of evidence.
Ordinary citizens who learn of child rape are morally obligated to seek help for that child.
An eyewitness to child rape described what he SAW to JoePa - on JoePa’s own turf.
It isn’t that JoePa could possibly have felt powerless.
We’ve already learned what he can do when he doesn’t like an administrator...when he wanted that woman fired, he threatened Spanier he would stop fundraising if she wasn’t dismissed.
If only he had gotten that upset and angry over child rape.