Think about that for a moment.Major college football's oldest, winningest and perhaps most revered coach, was engulfed Monday in a growing furor involving former defensive coordinator and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky, who was indicted on charges of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years.
The Pennsylvania state police commissioner said Paterno fulfilled his legal requirement when he relayed to university administrators that a graduate assistant had seen Sandusky attacking a young boy in the team's locker room shower in 2002. {Note the year.} But the commissioner also questioned whether Paterno had a moral responsibility to do more.
Two Penn State officials, Senior Vice President Gary Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley, surrendered on charges that they failed to alert police to the complaint about Sandusky.
Schultz and Curley are also charged with lying to the state grand jury that indicted Sandusky. Both stepped down from their posts Sunday, Curley taking a temporary leave and Schultz retiring. They appeared Monday in a Harrisburg courtroom, where a judge set bail at $75,000. They weren't required to enter pleas.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly said Paterno is not a target of the investigation into how the school handled the accusations. But she refused to say the same for the university president, Graham Spanier.
"All I can say is again, I'm limited to what's contained in the presentment, and that this is an ongoing investigation," Kelly said.
State police Commissioner Frank Noonan said that although Paterno may have met his legal requirement to report suspected abuse by Sandusky, "somebody has to question about what I would consider the moral requirements for a human being that knows of sexual things that are taking place with a child." {Like keeping this Cunt employed for nearly ten more years. Do rape charges just . . . disappear, Joe?}
At a news conference, Noonan and Kelly were peppered with questions about whether Paterno was given details about what graduate assistant Mike McQueary — now the team's wide receivers coach — saw on the night of March 1, 2002. {Who also did not seem too particularly concerned the Cunt was still employed and nothing done . . . for . . . ten years.}
The grand jury report said McQueary was in the locker room that night to put away some new sneakers when he heard "rhythmic, slapping sounds" and looked into the showers.
He reportedly saw a naked boy, about 10 years old, with his hands against the wall as Sandusky subjected him to anal sex. McQueary left immediately and first contacted his father before calling Paterno the next morning and then meeting at Paterno's home.
- 1. Ten year old boy? Check.
2. Naked? Check.
3. Anal Rape? Check.
4. Do Not Alert the Police? Check.
But let us continue:
". . . or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy." Well . . . at least it was not anything serious or something. Excuse me whist I attempt "something of a sexual nature" with this girl outside my door. . . .Exactly what was said during that meeting is unclear from the grand jury record, which states that Paterno called Curley the next day to tell him McQueary had seen Sandusky "in the Lasch Building showers fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy."
[This article continues from the locked ward of a local hospital.--Ed.]
I guess that is not very legal. Forgive me, but it is hard to type handcuffed, with broken fingers, and eyes Maced [Tm.--Ed.]. . . .
For that is what happens in the real world . . . but what am I writing?! College football--the realm of "Student Athletes"--is about as far from the real world as one can metaphorically and hyperbolically imagine thing.
I digress. . . .
Okay . . . let me see:Paterno released a statement Sunday in which he said he was not told "the very specific actions" contained in the grand jury report, but that McQueary had seen "something inappropriate involving Mr. Sandusky."
"Ten Year-Old Boy Anally Raped in Shower" = "Inappropriate"
Well, Joe, perhaps your mental faculties went AWOL around the Nixon Administration but did you think that "something of a sexual nature" on a ten year-old boy by one of your main assistants would just . . . go . . . away?"If this is true we were all fooled, along with scores of professionals trained in such things, and we grieve for the victims and their families," said Paterno, who has not spoken publicly about the matter. His weekly news conference is Tuesday.
And I promise not to try to shower with random female neighbors in the future . . . we square Your Honor?The indictment also cited a 1998 incident in which an 11-year-old boy's mother called university police to complain after learning that her son had showered with Sandusky. A state Department of Public Welfare investigator told the grand jury that Sandusky said he showered naked with the youth and hugged him, "admitted that it was wrong," and promised not to shower with any child again.
No?
Gee whillikers!"All I can say is that investigation was handled by Penn State University's police department," Kelly said. Penn State police said they were not releasing any information about the 1998 case.
Now forgive the levity in an otherwise appalling case but, this is most unfortunate:
Now, all are innocent until proven guilty . . . understood . . . that is not the issue: the issue is this should have been dealt with nearly a decade ago. Period.Sandusky was described by Keith "Kip" Richeal, co-author of his autobiography "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story," as a loving father of six adopted children
--J.D.The allegations against Sandusky range from sexual advances to touching to oral and anal sex. The young men testified before the state grand jury that they were in their early teens when some of the abuse occurred; there is evidence even younger children may have been victimized.
Linkypoo: AP
