Sexual abuse charges Rock Penn State University

It is sad when those in higher administrative roles turned a blind eye to a report of that severity.

If these allegations are true, which sound pretty substantial it will be ugly.

This TOTALLY sickens me.

He is NOT Penn State.

The entire thing sickens me. Why didn't the GA go to the police? Why didn't Joe Pa go to the police?

This whole thing with them reporting it up THEIR chain is BS. Someone should have gone to the police, let them decide if anything illegal has taken place.

I have lived in PA all of my life, and have NEVER been a Penn State fan. There has always been something about them, and Joe Pa that rubbed me the wrong way. I have never been happier to not be a fan of someone.

I wonder if they receive the same training we do as teachers...That being said, there is a hierarchy.  I go to the principal, she goes to the Archdiocese, they go to the police. Very specific procedure.

I don't know all the background, when did Paterno go to the officials? 2002?  And they didn't follow through? Of course, I couldn't live with that guilt if I were coach. I just went to a trial for a man that exposed himself in the pool.  Pales in comparison, but if I "let it go", it may have gone down the same path.

Why can't you go directly to the police? With a chain like that, with something as serious as sexual abuse I see the "Whisper Down the Lane" game. By the time it gets to where it should be, what you said and what was reported could be 2 different things.

absolutely. It is an abomination.  Which is why I sat in court to testify over a man exposing himself in public. 

I'll never ever understand what drives child molesters, as a teacher its my nature to protect children.  Its no coincidence that at prisons, they are the lowest of the low on the food chain, and there is some justice in that.

But what's in the grand jury testimony is significantly different to what Paterno was told in 2002, according to the news reports. If he had no real details, where does his responsibility end? He turned it over to the people he was supposed to. 

I can certainly imagine that JoePa goes back to the person he reported to and is told, "The issue is being dealt with but I cannot talk with you about it because of confidentiality." 

Again, the point was made that the grand jury did not indict even with more information. 

The reality is, even though it is some time later, the truth has come out and the legal system is at work. 

No justice can be meted out which will make everything better... but it appears that Sandusky and others will face serious consequences.

I just read about this today and it does amaze me how long it took to get to the police.

I have known people who were falsely accused of crimes like these, so I'll certainly give them all the benefit of the doubt, but it aint looking good based on what's in the media.  

This is incredibly shocking in many levels.  I have been a big fan of Penn State for a long time and especially of Joe Pa and everything he has done, so I find it deeply disturbing that he didn’t do more with this information.  How can you be at ease with just referring the matter to the superiors, when you were informed of the disturbing allegations against a member of your staff?

I know everyone disserves their day at court and that many people are falsely accused with this type of allegations, but if you read the grand jury report it becomes disturbingly clear that this is not hearsay.

I feel sorry for those kids that were once again betrayed by the adults in their life and in a way that most likely scarred them for life.  For cases like this if found guilty, is when I wish we were an authoritarian state and that the death penalty could be imposed at will.