Penn State Child Molestation Scandal

Paterno retires at season's end
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/09/justice/pennsylvania-coach-abuse-charges/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

You're right Derwood, no happy ending. And it won't be over at the end of the season nor at Sandusky's eventually sentencing. There's several young men that will carry this terror with them for the rest of their lives.

Sandusky is going to face hell in prison. Good.

 

Never thought about how the fans at other colleges would react. You're right it would be brutal.

 

I totally agree. Paterno needs to go now. And the fact that he's not stepping down just shows that he's an arrogant old man concerned only with preserving his legacy. But the only legacy for Paterno will be his disgusting, cowardly sexual abuse/rape coverup.

 

I already know of a LOT of people in Columbus who are ready to give Paterno hell if he ends up coming here for the Penn State/OSU game.

This whole situation just disgusts me. I understand going up the chain of command so they are notified, but what happened to personal responsibility to report something like this to the POLICE? The graduate assistant shouldn't just have notified Paterno/his superiors, he should have done with the addition of "and I just called the police, I wanted you to be aware of the coming investigation."

 

Something something glass houses something throwing stones something something

 

Hey, at least Tressel resigned rather quickly. And, somehow, I think child molestation and RAPE is far worse than free tattoos and the like.

 

One of these things is not like the other...

 

Clearly the two scandals are on different levels, but that said, OSU fans have no room to act self righteous about anything

 

Many fans disapproved of Tressel AND the team members' actions and were happy to see him resign and the team get punished. Don't paint us all with the same brush.

Also, I think anyone has the right to feel self righteous about child molestation if they have not indulged in the behavior or condoned it themselves.

Note that I said that I knew people prepared to give Paterno hell - not Penn State as a whole.

 

and Paterno deserves whatever boos or jeers he gets. as a Penn State fan (and Columbus resident), I hope no one here does anything stupid

 

For once, I agree with Eddie.

Unconscionable. It's still an old boy's club world in some institutions.
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Hopefully the number who've indulged or condoned is far less than it seems, sometimes.

 

No better than the Catholic Church cover-ups. I don't blame the kids who discovered it. I blame the establishment they turned to. They should have supported the kids in going straight to the Police and putting an end to this, immediately.

Disgraceful.

 

Fair point.

 

He's been involved with the "Second Mile" program since creating it in 1977. I expect (hope) other victims will be speaking out soon.

They should all be brought up on charges, including the 28 yr old grad student who witnessed a 10 year old being anally raped and found the removal of the pedophile's keys and a report made to Second Mile satisfying enough to continue keeping the incident from law enforcement authorities for 8 years. I can understand the shock the man must have felt at witnessing such a thing but it doesn't excuse his negligence in failing to do everything in his power to insure that the pedophile was caught and put away. At some point in that 8 years, it must have occurred to him to do so or at least follow-up and make sure others have taken care of it . Personally, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night until I knew this man was put away.

The adequate response to seeing such a thing seems like a no brainer to me. Tell whoever is in the near vicinity on the way to the police station. If the police don't respond appropriately, head for the local paper and blow the whistle. Sure, the paper will want corroborating evidence which they will probably be able to dig up themselves as pedophiles generally leave a smear behind them. The pedophile will deny it and, as appears to be the case here, be supported by his enablers. But scream hard enough and there will be an investigation - a real investigation - not a discussion in a coach's office between those more interested in covering up the "problem" than dealing with it - doling out a punishment no greater than another wrist-slapping for the "yeah he's a pervert but he's our pervert" pedophile. There'll at least be something on public record the next time an allegation is made.

Or is this expecting too much of people?

 

No. It's not.

 

Both Patreno and the university president are gone now. Board of Trustees holding press conference as I type this.