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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.If a grown man is reported as being in the showers with a young boy after Sandusky had already demonstrated a history of predatory acts, it doesn't take Albert Einsten to connect the dots.
I'm not going to assume innocence or guilt on Paterno's behalf but a reasonable conclusion doesn't look inviting at this point in time.
"Reported" and "demonstrated" by whom, how, when, and to what extent? You see, we don't know WHAT EXACTLY was told to Paterno, or WHEN. Yet, he's being vilified by many here as complicit to varying degrees and was fired on that assumption.
If PA law is like MA law, and that of virtually all other states, everyone you list, except McQ's father, is a mandated reporter.Interesting comment from a poster named "Brady'sButtBoy."
What is stunning is that Queary, his father, the AD, JoePa, the President and anyone else who heard of this didn't simply dial 911 or a mandated reporter like a doctor, the ER, a social worker, anybody. A simple phone call.
I think McQueary is really at fault here. Of course everything is speculative, but if the court docs were true, he saw an old man raping a baby, and all he did was tell The Archdiocese and call his Dad. I can only speak for myself but if I ever saw that happening I wouldn't stop trying to break every bone in his body until I was pulled off by cops and I think that's a fairly universal feeling for men with morality.
I can assure you, if I had been unlucky enough to walk in on an act as such being perpetrated, the perpetrator would be exceptionally lucky to escape that room with either their life or their genitals in tact.McQueary told his father, who told him to come immediately home. They went and told Paterno the next day.
Obviously a criminal act was committed so the father should have brought his son to the police. Paterno should have done more than say that he'd take care of it and pass the buck up the line of command. He should have told the son and father to report the crime to the police, told his superior and then checked later to make sure that something was done.
In the end, no one treated this like a criminal act.
They all treated this like a sexual harassment claim, where reporting it your superior is appropriate.
It's clear they are greedy and corrupt. They were too scared to do anything because getting the police involved would lead to a huge scandle. They knew that it would hurt the college, both from a reputation standpoint as well as a money one. They were just hoping it would never get public. Sadly, they cared more about defending the name of the college than they did the children.
He did report the info to the AD. In the military it's called chain command.
Now the guy who witnessed it happen and did nothing:like "coach, what the hell are you doing" or "get off the kid, you perv" or just pulled him off the kid, he's one of the villains. But he has yet to be fired. Strange, very strange.
I have a friend going to Penn State and all the other SPORTS teams are boycotting their next games (like womens volleyball etc) My dad was recruited by this man to play WR (he chose Dartmouth instead PSU had no hockey, just club).
How they treated Joe PA was a DISGRACE. They posted an ENVELOPE on his house's door in it was info to call a phone #... Papa Joe was FIRED by the way of a TELEPHONE Call. He was FIRED right before Senior day and they couldn't allow him to do SR. day and then RETIRE???
this is BULL*HIT and a disgrace.
the kids have flipped over a couple media fans. I know of 1.
Joe should have done more... What about the AD what aboutthe VP and the President that were informed??? Those ppl are the ones at fault and should take extreme HEAT. PSU allowed Sanphucky to have full previledges on campus, despite him leaving the football realm.
What about the JANITORS that witnessed a different rape and never went to the authorities; these men were FIRED 8 months later (they reported it to their Boss who relayed it to upper channels)
Paterno reportedly consulted a high profile defense attorney. CYA in full effect now.
He's a stopgap solution until the end of the year. I'm sure he's updating his resume and collecting boxes.........With a 30 year history there in a company town as it were, there are going to be serious questions about his level of knowledge of events and coverups... Innocent or not, he is going to be tainted like all the others there by being associated with the program.I hope that Joe Pa and his crew get sued for all their money (not that it can bring back the innocence the children lost). The trustees made another bad move hiring Tom Bradley. The feds are going to be all over him like white on rice.