the End of Paterno

As the graduate assistant entered the locker room doors, he was surprised to ?nd the lights and showers on. He then heard rhythmic slapping sounds. He believed the sounds to be those of sexual activity. As the graduate assistant put the sneakers in his locker, he looked into the shower.

He saw a naked boy, Victim 2, whose age he estimated to be ten years old, with his hands up against the wall, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky.

really and I guess we can back burner all the little boys that got anally raped and were forced to do oral sex because the greed, politics and approval ratings are more important..

geezus..no wonder nothing got done:smt013

 

Sorry, Ches, but he turned away from a man raping children. We're not talking about overlooking a coach kissing a 19 year old, we're talking about years and years of knowledge of a man raping young children, both orally and anally. That's simply unforgivable, on the part of *everyone* who was aware of what was going on. I dont care if he's the greatest coach in the history of the planet, allowing child rape to continue on his watch is an egregiously evil thing to do. He's damned lucky he's not up on charges - he is a mandatory reporter under Pennsylvania law. Yes, he may have reported to a superior, but he did NOT report it to the police or DCS. And he did no follow up to see that an investigation was properly handled, AND he continued to deal with this man for over a decade after the first allegations were made. There's something seriously wrong in his head for putting football above the rape of children. Football is a *game* - children are not sex toys.

 

Well stated, and you saved me the trouble of finding the link to the document.

 

I have a friend attending there. She's both a feminist and a lesbian. She and a group of students have raised $350,000 for RAINN (at last count) in response to this horror show.

 

As my son said, McQueary should have called the police *after* he beat Sandusky to death with a golf club

 

anyone else get a slight chuckle every time they see the name McQueary

 

The *only* saving grace in the early part of this story is that the kid's names were not known. We know if it had been a 10 year old girl, particularly a 10 year old black girl, we would have seen articles discussing how she "dressed provocatively" or "looked older." There was a gang rape in the last six months in which I believe an 11 year old was raped by something like 20 guys over the space of a couple of days, and much of the reporting was focused on how she was dressed.

I'm *really* glad the victim's identities are being protected in this case, and I hope that continues. Rape is horrific for any child - with a boy,you have all the stuff you've noted going on too, and with a girl, it's her reputation which ends in shreds.

 

It's not about politics. It's about raping children, and covering up that CRIME

 

Wow at least one feminist saw this for what it was. Good post rep coming.

 

I quite honestly do not see that there is any other way to see it, period. He stood by and let this guy continue to rape children on his watch. That's about as evil as it gets.

And thanks.

 

I don't know if you read through this thread but some others actually think differently on this subject and its made me think of them in a way I never thought possible before.
I thought the one thing we all agreed on as people was that children should be protected.

 

I did read the thread. Children should be protected, and IMO that takes precedence over probably everything else. It's certainly way more important than profit or a football program. Frankly, I don't have words to express my contempt for the people who allowed it to continue. In some ways, they're worse that the rapist - he, at least, I would think, has the "excuse" of mental aberration. The people who stood by and let it continue were simply covering it up to allow the football program to remain untarnished and to protect their own jobs. That is beyond heinous.

 

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7492873/rick-reilly-paterno-true-legacy

If you're going to comment on this link, please at least read the whole article before you do. Especially the last line.

 

Wow he was such a wonderful guy. Such a heart warming story.
Too bad he let all that child rape go on for a DECADE.

One incident I can almost overlook, but a decade of complaints and you remain part of the cover up you're a piece of shit.

Let me ask this one question if it happened to your child would you pushing forgiveness as hard?
I'm all for forgiveness but you lose the right to be celebrated when you're apart of shit like that. You think Joe Pa and you think of stories like this. I think Joe Pa and I think of dozens of children crying and pleading and hoping someone would step in and stop the madness but never did.

 

Gee, how did I know you would be the first to respond?

Have you really read much of the coverage of the whole thing? I think not. Did you read that the person McQueary first told of what he "witnessed," a close family friend, testified that the story he was told was not what was told to the grand jury? It was much more vague (in fact, McQueary said he did not actually see anything sexual). It is quite likely that Paterno did not get the same story that was later told in the hearing either.

Many people have come out and simply said that if Paterno had known the seriousness of what was going on, he would have done more. When he did report what he knew, he likely assumed that those above him were doing the proper investigating. That was not his job. He was just the football coach. People have also tried to make out that Sandusky and Paterno were tight buddies, on and off the football field, and that was not the case.

And if it is true that he knew of an incident prior to 2002, (and I've read conflicting reports on that) I have to think that Paterno believed that Sandusky had been investigated; if he was still allowed on campus and had access to the facilities (even though he was no longer a coach), then he was likely cleared of any suspicion.

I know I would be reluctant to report something like this if I only had vague information. Even if I had suspicions that I reported, that can still ruin someone's career and life, even if it turns out to be false. I would have wanted more concrete information before going to the police. Paterno did what he was required to do: he reported what he knew (which may not have been much) and left it in the hands of those more qualified to make the decision to call in the authorities.

Covering up child abuse does not fit the character of this man. Period.

PS In recent threads, you insist that the kids that were abused were black. The race of the children has never been confirmed. "At risk kids" come in all colors.

 

In Philly? Ok if you say so

 

First of all, The Second Mile's main base of operations is in State College, not Philly. 83% of the population there is white; only 4% is black.

Also, it was noted recently, that the county I live in is the largest in PA to have received services from The Second Mile:

Thousands of local children and teens participated in the State College-based charity's programs, including camp trips, visits to local attractions, educational videos, leadership seminars, mentoring by college students and motivational sports cards.

The county had the most number of kids, at 26,718, receiving services from the organization in 2010, according to The Second Mile's latest annual report.

The demographics for the city I live in, which is the county seat, is 55% white, almost 40% Hispanic/Latino and only 16% black. That's just in the city. If you include the county, the white percentage will go up substantially.

I don't think one should assume that "at risk" automatically means black. Also, in another thread, the term "thug" was assumed to mean black. Again, in my city, it could just as easily refer to someone of Hispanic/Latino descent. Even the urban dictionary doesn't refer to race in their description of a thug. A thug is defined as someone who came from little, has little, or the more literal definition is a violent criminal. Again, poverty and crime comes in all colors, even white.

 

rape is a crime punishable by law....what i can't seem to understand is why the police were not called immediately...the fact that this was covered up internally is telling about the university as a whole...it is frightening to acknowledge that the only reason we are talking about this is because after many years someone came forward...makes you wonder what else don't we know about...if it was up to me and you all will be glad it's not...this particular university would no longer have a football program period end of story...

 

We never agree on anything but I cosign this 100%

 

Everybody makes this about the football program at Penn State - this was about Jerry Sandusky and The Second Mile.