#3. Calhoun witnesses Sandusky performing oral sex on the boy, and reports it to his supervisor. Another janitor sees the pair in the shower together, but apparently does not see sexual activity. The supervisor tells him who he can make a report to. Calhoun doesn’t make any further report. It would be interesting to know if the same reporting requirements were the law in 2000.
#4. Graduate assistant sees Sandusky berforming anal sex on the boy.
$6. Gary Schultz was not the “head of the campus police” in any practical sense. As a senior vice president for Business and Finance, the campus police one one of numerous divisions reporting to him. It was a relationship more akin to being a mayor whose police chief reported budgetary and crime statistics to him. Schultz could not be considered a “law enforcement officer” by any stretch of imagination.
Oh, and the fact that he apparently never discussed it with anyone within the campus police is why he is now facing criminal charges.
Thanks for the information on Schultz, guys, but Curley brought Schultz along to quiz McQueary and I think it’s safe to assume it wasn’t because a business and finance guy would be needed in the imvestigation. Would it not be reasonable to think that by virtue of his being titular head of the campus police, Schultz would be in a position to set the wheels in motion with the campus police if and when on-campus criminal activity warranted it? I would certainly think so. And if so, I think it would be reasonable for Paterno to expect his involvement as well.
I omitted your expansion on #4 simply because I was being polite.
$6 “Mr. Schultz oversaw the school’s human resources, police department,” So both personnel and police were under him. An investigator, no, head of the police, yes.
I don’t fault your asessment of Schultz’s actions. But would ask why that should be Coach Paterno’s “fault”?
The whole damned thing against Paterno has been nothing but a witch hunt. It didn’t matter if he was guilty of ANYTHING, people were howling for blood - reason, due process, and guilt or innocence all be damned. Old Joe was the most visible symbol of Penn State football, therefore he must go… lynch mob mentality at it’s finest..
The Trustees did nothing noble tonight, they simply, and cynically chose to attempt to shield the school from further financial liability, that’s all.
And the reasonableness of that expectation is the reason Paterno is not facing any criminal charges. If you look at the public structure of the college administration, he reported to his superior.
In actual fact, Paterno had much more clout and authority at PSU than those who were nominally his superiors.
In actual fact, he participated in the coverup of the rape of a child on the campus of the university. Legally he appears to be off the hook for it. Morally is another story.
Universities DEPEND on donor contributions. Hearing that the long time highly-thought-of worshipped in football circles head coach not reporting sexual assault of a child in the locker room could result in a quite a few checkbooks being replaced in a few desk drawers if the Board of Trustees doesn’t appear to be taking it seriously.
You can believe this all you want but there is no “actual fact” so far even to suggest he did any such thing. And it doesn’t matter at all how much power he had if he felt he was doing the right and proper thing, and at the time he had no reason to think that he wasn’t. All this stuff about what he should have known or how he should have exercised his power is nothing but Monday morning quarterbacking based upon a whole heap of self-serving presumption. I’d be willing to wager that you can’t provide one shred of evidence that Paterno knowingly played along with any cover up. In fact, I’d wager that at this point you can’t prove a cover up even happened. It’s far more likely that Curley and Schultz asked Sandusky about it, he denied it, and, not knowing who the child was and having no other evidence, the investigation simply died of evidentiary starvation. I don’t expect that will matter to you, but in the real world of reputations, families, slander and lawsuits, the authorities have to have more to go on than one person’s allegation that a man is guilty of raping someone.
Plagiarism? Yes, I used the list… to correct it’s possibly purposeful omissions.
A half truth intended to slander is no better than an outright lie.
Sandusky may have enjoyed screwing little boys, but the media hacks and too many of you are enjoying screwing Paterno. You cannot set aside the rule of law when it suits you, either.
I have a really dumb question. Keeping in mind I really do not follow sports, and I am not entirely certain what the scandal is exactly.
This guy is in college football, yes? Aren’t most guys in college 18 and older? So how is it pedophilia if they are that age? And even if they are 17, it would be ephebiphilia, not pedophilia anyway. Not to mention, what is the age of majority in Pennsylvania for males?
Would it kill you to read the OP? Sandusky was seen raping a **ten-year-old **boy and having oral sex with another. I hope you’ll agree that’s well below the age of consent even if the boy was a willing participant, which by all accounts he was not.
1998: Sandusky is investigated and andmonished not to shower with young boys (like an adult has to be admonished not to shower with young boys). Certainly, Paterno knew of these facts.
2002: McQueary informs Paterno that he witnessed Sandusky in the shower possibly having anal sex with a young boy.
2002: Paterno (eventually) informs Penn St. adminstration (but not law enforcement) what McQueary reported to him.
2002: Paterno, apparently thinking his obligation was done, does nothing for 9 years.
Given Paterno knew of Sandusky’s history, he felt no need to follow up with the non-investigation that didn’t take place in the intervening time. That a young boy’s livelihood was at stake apparently had no impact on “The Coach.”
Penn State students threw a tantrum last night. While protesting JoPa’s firing they overturned a news truck, pulled down a light post and got pepper sprayed.
