Book: Sandusky report terms incomprehensible to Paterno

CBS Sports ^ | August 17, 2012

[Uncle Chip]

Read the Footnote at the bottom of pg 51 of the Freeh Report. Paterno did not want Sandusky bringing his 2nd Mile kids to the workout and training facilities because of liability problems as far back as 1998. But he was allowed to do it by administrators who signed off on his retirement agreement.

If you read pgs 66 -- 79 of what happened after the shower incident in 2001, the AD Curley told Sandusky that no more kids were to be brought there, and Sandusky's charity TSM were also notified of the same. Heaven and earth were shaken. They contacted the university's legal counsel and called the Chief of the University Police to pull Sandusky's 1998 incident on file.

The Department of Public Welfare was supposed to be notified by Curley -- and Dr. Raykovitz of TSM. It was especially his responsibility by virtue of state law and his contacts in CYS and DPW. But no one is holding him accountable. Why???

Ultimately Sandusky was found not guilty of that particular shower incident.

[MacMattico]

It was every persons responsibility that had any knowledge of alleged sexual contact between Sandusky and even one boy to report it to the police. If nothing happened, report it to the police again or a different police agency. Yes, innocent until proven guilty but that's what a police investigation would and did find out.

[Antoninus]

It’s a shame that Paterno isn’t in prison with his pal Sandusky.

Instead, he's dead--two months after being fired. And if he was as evil as you say, he's probably rotting in hell. How much more punishment for the man will satisfy you?

[Uncle Chip]

Here is the account of what happened in 1998 when law enforcement and state/county welfare agencies and the District Attorney and licensed child psychologists were all involved in investigating Sandusky. Who was there left to report it to:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/2/1998-So-Close-to-an-End-f-by-Barry-Bozeman-120719-561.html

[Ditto]

The book also indicates Paterno didn't comprehend all the terms in the report, asking his son what sodomy meant.

Total BS. Paterno was an English major out of Brown University.

Don't even try to tell me he didn't know what it means. I might agree that he couldn't believe an old friend like Sandusky could do that, but I ain't buying that he didn't know what it means or that some 'old men' are sick enough to do that.

Joe didn't grow up in Mayberry. He was from freaking Brooklyn.

[firebasecody]

What was permitted to happen at PSU was horrible and I wish those involved to get the max in sentencing. That does not absolve some of you of your emotionally addled judgements and assumptions. Shame on you too.

I suggest it is possible for someone not to know the fine points of sodomy, and still do the wrong thing.

No, I am not part of the Paterno family, but I did grow up in central PA, and can state for a fact that you would have to explain exactly how a man can be raped by another. I am a survivor of childhood molestation and know the dilemma much more than I would wish on someone else.

My heart goes out to the victims, for it is a lifetime sentence.

[IrishBrigade]

Ultimately Sandusky was found not guilty of that particular shower incident.

...so I guess it must have never happened, right?...you are aware, as many people, including myself, have pointed out, that he was not found ‘innocent’, he was acquitted of that particular charge because the prosecution could not prove its charge...nothing about that aquittal says one word about his innocence...I see you PSU fans are all reading the same talking points, a guy I know claims that if Curley and Schultz are acquitted, then that means there was no coverup, because there was no crime committed, and that all the sanctions haave to be removed...I asked him if he thought OJ was guilty of killing Nicole and Goldman, and he said yes...I reminded him OJ was acquitted, and that by his logic, no crime had been committed, and those two must still be alive; he flipped me off and went on his way...
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