The accused was also a foster parent it is the job of CPS or whoever to investigate foster parents regularly. Not Joe's. Lot's of people over Joe's head at Penn State knew it seems. Campus Police knew more than Joe because Joe would not be Privy to their own and the CPS investigation info. Why? Because crime was against a child and privacy laws apply.
If you saw a kid being abused and you reported it do you believe they would investigate? They might or they might not but YOU won't know. If Joe, the janitor, or Binky The Clown had called the Children's Protect Services known as Dept of welfare they might or they might not take anyone serious. You call and ask outcome? You will not be told. It wasn't just Joe who wasn't told but also Second Mile. The system that is supposed too protect abused kids as far as abuse goes stink in most states.
I'll tell you one better and it is the truth. If it is your blood relative abused and you are not the parent you will be told Zilch by these by most such agencies about the investigation and likely the findings.
“If you saw a kid being abused and you reported it do you believe they would investigate? They might or they might not but YOU won’t know.”
Oh please. If he knew nothing else, he KNEW that asswipe was all over “his” locker room. Kids in tow nearly everywhere he went. Football camps with lot of kids.
He knew Sandusky had keys to the facility right up until he had handcuffs placed on him.
And he never said or did another thing about it. All those years. Year after year after year after year. Paterno sat like a potted plant knowing the questions, yet never demanding answers.
Weak character doesn’t even begin to describe it. He was an enabler.
Let me add...If you watched, really watched, the memorial...if you stood in line as I did to pay final respects to Joe...if you heard the countless stories of Joe's character and actions...you understood that football was only a small part of what Joe was about.
I am finally at peace with the accusers and their ignorance of Joe and the situation. Joe Paterno was a man of great character and a man of action. When you hear how he directly affected the lives of thousands of people and hear the countless stories of his encouragement, support, and humble philanthropy, you know that there is no way this man of faith, dignity, and action could have been aware of ongoing evil and done nothing. There is no way Joe was aware that the campus and the prosecutors dropped the ball so dramatically.
What happened at PSU is a classic example Satan seeking to destroy that which is good and decent. The seed of evil was planted like poison pill and its purpose was to destroy the Great Experiment.