if it was me, i would like to think i would have confronted sandusky on the spot and asked him WTF? and then insisted on having the parent come in and relate it to them, in front of sandusky if he insisted. if he pushed back on that, then i would call the police on the spot.
as for Paterno, there was a lot of gossip for many years, and if there was no crime, why was Jerry “banned” from the campus with young kids? so Paterno knew or had reason to suspect and know. for that, he loses all my respect, and even not technically a criminal, he is an enabler to the subsequent assaults on young men.
“forget about the Police.”
ummmm....let’s not.
The nature of the crimes pretty much rule that out.
” at least tell the boys parent(s). would everyone agree you have at least that much responsibility?”
That would be nice. The only one who knew the identity of the boy and his parents would be the rapist himself.
If the police had been called, they could have found the family. They could have taken the boy to the hospital and started gathering crucial evidence.