Jerry Sandusky and PSU

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On November 08 2011 07:40 Jacko11 wrote:
Yea saw the news this morning. Shoulda done more reaseach before I went to Penn State, now im stuck here

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On November 08 2011 07:39 InToTheWannaB wrote:
A rather bizarre case is developing surrounding former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and Penn State University. Sandusky is accused of the rape of up to 8 young boys. Two administrator for the school have also been indicted by grand jury for covering up the crimes.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/11/paterno-charity-learned-of-sandusky-allegations-years-ago.html

For those of you who don't follow college football. Jerry Sandusky was once the heir apparent to Joe Paternos job as head coach of the PSU football team. Paterno is a god at PSU having built the program up from nothing. Paterno and the PSU football team have also prided itself on having always run a clean program. So this makes everything coming out twice as crazy.

From the looks of things it appears that PSU learned about these rapes as far back as 1998, and did nothing to stop it. Worst yet they continued to let this man host camps for children at the school, and attend practices/bowl games with kids in his company.

Things start to get really nuts when you connect the dots to now declared dead former district attorney Ray Gricar. Gricar was investigating Sandusky as far back as 1998. Now for unknown reason Gricar dropped that case against Sandusky, but there is speculation he was protecting the University as well. In 2005 he goes missing with his car and laptop later found destroyed. Covering up what exactly? Who knows.

http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/2011/11/7/2545027/-jerry-sandusky-ray-gricar-prosecutor-1998-penn-state-missing

This hole case has a very Hot Fuzz "For the greater good" feel to it for anyone who seen that movie. Two questions really stand out to me about the details of this case. One is when these people found him raping kids. Why the hell did they keep bring it to their bosses first? If you find someone raping a small child. Don't you go right to the police? In what world do you stop and say to yourself. "I better let my boss know about this!" Second what did Joe Paterno know and when did he know it?

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On November 08 2011 12:17 ZapRoffo wrote:
Here's the Grand Jury report: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/uploadedFiles/Press/Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Presentment.pdf

It's extremely disturbing on many levels, but people should read it to see how much neglect actually happened (it's an almost unbelievable amount).

It also stretches my credulity to believe that Paterno was as in the dark about it as he claims knowing how influential he is in Penn State politics. Especially if Sandusky's retirement was related to this, which really seems likely given the timing (the next year after he was investigated by police in 1998) and the testimony of the one victim (#4 in the report). But as a beloved defining community icon there is a lot of interest in preserving his image.

The whole thing was a huge shock to me as a former student there (I was just back for a football game not a month ago). The community is basically in shock about both what happened and the inaction/possible cover-up by major school figures. Especially cause this isn't some stupid recruiting/illegal benefits violation like these other school scandals.

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On November 08 2011 07:52 p4NDemik wrote:
I read about this story earlier today. What he's accused of doing, using charities to sexually molest boys, using his role on the team to entice the boys and then abuse them, its sickening. Then university officials trying to cover it up after coaches alerted them and he subsequently stepped down from his coaching position at the same time.

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