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<p>I have only seen that he was a volunteer football coach. He was nearly “caught” by the middle school wrestling coach at Central Mountain, but he was not involved with that team. He did appear to be attempting to/ molesting one of them.</p>
<p>"In fact, Wolf and other concerned black students met with Paterno back in 2001 because of information circulating that black football players, like then-quarterback Rashard Casey, had been receiving death threats. Wolf recalls Paterno as almost emotionless.</p>
<p>“He didn’t necessarily blatantly show concern,” says Wolf. “He was just really composed – kinda non-emotional I would say. It was like he would have had the same amount of energy and response whether we were talking about death threats or what was for lunch. It was just a non-descript kind of demeanor.”</p>
<p>Paterno is known for his deadpan deliveries during press conferences after Penn State games, win or lose. But this wasn’t a game. Students were fearful for their lives. That year, Penn State was experiencing an unusual losing season – a big deal in the college franchise that spawned multiple national championships and undefeated seasons under Paterno’s 45-year reign. Much vitriol was aimed at Penn State’s black quarterback – also unusual in Penn State’s mostly white quarterbacked history – Casey, who along with losing games was arrested in the off-season for fighting a white cop, allegedly over the cop’s African American date. Casey was cleared of those charges, but even Paterno admitted that the quarterback remained the target of hate mail.</p>
<p>But Paterno wasn’t so moved to have Penn State confront the hostile climate.</p>
<p>Assata Richards, who was a leader of the Village student movement to increase diversity initiatives at Penn State, was at the 2001 meeting with Wolf and Paterno and today still remembers the cold response he gave them about the death threats.</p>
<p>“We asked him to talk to the players because we were concerned about their safety,” says Richards, “and he said in that meeting that he would never do anything to put the university in a bad light. So we said, ‘Then you are choosing the university over students lives.’”</p>
<p>Wolf was chilled by Paterno’s response also. She says Paterno told them, “I’m only a football coach.”</p>
<p>Says Wolf, “To me that said that even if he had specific knowledge of football players’ or students’ lives in danger that he wouldn’t allow that to risk Penn State’s image being tainted and that is something that has stuck in my mind for the last ten years.”</p>
<p>My kids didn’t have to wear bullet-proof vests to their graduation. Did yours?</p>
<p>In regards to Sandusky’s lawyer, remember this is a guy who got a 16 year girl pregnant when he was 47 years old. They eventually married and divorced. </p>
<p>The lawyer then told the press that he trusted Sandusky so much that he would let him babysit his kids. The ex-wife responded "He said he’d leave my kids alone with HIM???!!!</p>
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No, but they don’t believe everything they read in an on-line article, either.</p>
<p>I tend to believe people who come forward as eye-witnesses. Especially when they come in multiples. But then, maybe there would have to be a higher threshold because they are Black people?</p>
<p>Welcome to America.</p>
<p>But then I have no proof Sandusky was ever a coach at Penn State, do I?</p>
<p>This is the profile of just 1 out of 10 sessions of Second Mile’s 2005 summer camp. So I guess it’s pretty easy to accuse these tormented kids of lying.</p>
<p>3 had a parent who committed suicide; 1 had a murdered parent; 5 had a parent die in an accident or from an illness; 4 had an incarcerated parent; 2 had parents dealing with drug and alcohol issues; 43 lived in single parent families; 13 had no contact at all with one of their parents; 16 lived in homes with a significant number of extended family members; and 28 were experiencing significant family dysfunction.</p>
<p>Well, here’s a news clip featuring one of the people who tried to get PSU to take action against a pedophile, though it wasn’t Sandusky. PSU declined and the man sued the professor who apparently admitted on tape that he’d molested him at a young age. Case was settled out of court. The professor was a child development expert.</p>
<p>[Victim</a> Says Penn State Officials ‘Rejected’ His Claims That a University Professor Allegedly Molested Him - ABC News](<a href=“Victim Says Penn State Officials 'Rejected' His Claims That a University Professor Allegedly Molested Him - ABC News”>Victim Says Penn State Officials 'Rejected' His Claims That a University Professor Allegedly Molested Him - ABC News)</p>
<p>How many more skeletons were buried by these people? Pathetic…</p>
<p>Incoming! . . .</p>
<p>Turn your attention north to Syracuse.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I think it looks like it’s going to be difficult case against PSU. McQueary credibility is slowly eroding, and the case against PSU is very weak with a very suspect McQueary. I just heard on CNN that there has been evidence to indicate that McQueary played golf with Sandusky and participated in a charity event organized by Sandusky a few weeks after the 2002 incident. If true, that does not look good at all for McQueary. They have to find that victim #2, there is not much to incriminate Curley and Schulz other than McQueary testimony.</p>
<p>Yes, I totally agree that McQ’s credibility is getting very muddied. It is just tragic that he did not get an investigation started, for he was an eye-witness (if he is telling the truth, obviously)</p>
<p>Interesting- wonder if they had a falling out at some point. Bank accounts need to be checked and also McQ should be questioned about WHY he continued to have a relationship with S if he indeed saw such a horror.</p>
<p>Sandusky is innocent till proven guilty, and it may be very difficult to “prove” guilt here.
Not sure if the multiplicity and similarity of allegations and the demeanor of Sandusky will count for much…</p>
<p>IMO a mandated and easily accessed reporting system is so terribly important for child abuse cases. Children are too young to advocate for themselves. And it is terribly painful for any sex crime victim to report and carry out a case- the experience is extremely painful.</p>
<p>Well, even if McQ’s testimony doesn’t hold up, there are reports from the victims. After all, the Catholic church didn’t have an insider blowing the whistle, but it still got out.</p>
<p>PSU,Syracuse, now this…</p>
<p>[Coach</a> Don Peters banned by U.S. Gymnastics after sex abuse allegations](<a href=“Home | Vancouver Sun”>Home | Vancouver Sun)</p>
<p>"Well, even if McQ’s testimony doesn’t hold up, there are reports from the victims. After all, the Catholic church didn’t have an insider blowing the whistle, but it still got out. "</p>
<p>Yes, but only against Sandusky, PSU is digging in and it is not going to be easy showing that they ignored and covered things up. And that is where the money is for the civil cases so there will be a lot of activities and actions against PSU.</p>
<p>qdogpa, Let’s face it, this tragedy exists where there are young kids, but parents are more cautious than ever. Schools are trying to do the right thing by verifying every new hire. Some offenders get through the system because their case didn’t result in an arrest (like Amy Bishop), but these new allegations are coming out because of a variety of other reasons. (Did PSU ever investigate S prior to hire, even though they didn’t have the program yet for underpriviledged youths)? These days, K-12 schools are trying hard to ensure the students are safe, but it’s probably better now than it ever was.</p>
<p>Wait. Are you saying that if McQ’s testimony doesn’t hold up, that it looks worse for PSU? How can that be?</p>
<p>Not worse, it is better for PSU if McQ testimony does not hold up. Right now, it is basically McQ words against Curley and Schulz. If Curley and Schulz are not guilty, then civil claims against PSU are not very viable. There is not much money if Sandusky is the only source. I guess Second Mile would be there too, but still not much there either.</p>
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<p>I’d be amazed if that weren’t the case. Back in 1998, Sandusky was, what, 54 years old. You don’t suddenly become a pedophile in your mid-50s. </p>
<p>Here’s an interesting piece on the mindset of pedophiles and how they operate. It perhaps explains why Sandusky thought it made perfect sense to wax eloquent on the joys of showering with underage boys, on national TV. </p>
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<p><a href=“http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/17/nice-guy-molesters-believe-theyre-child-lovers/[/url]”>http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2011/11/17/nice-guy-molesters-believe-theyre-child-lovers/</a></p>
<p>But wasn’t there a campus police probe that went nowhere? Didn’t the janitor also witness something? Didn’t Paterno already say he should have done more (thus knowing S was victimizing youngsters?)</p>
<p>So if PSU officials can prove that they never knew/heard of any crimes committed, then the case is S vs the victims and not PSU vs the victims and that all falls on McQ’s testimony?</p>
<p>Anyone see South Park skewer the PSU scandal?</p>
<p>If you ask me, Sandusky is toast, but I guess nothing is a given in any big case like this. In 1998, the DA dropped the case, there was a proper investigation, so no cover-up there. The janitor that is reported to have witnessed another incident is not mentally fit to testify now, I believe he has dementia. Paterno is a very interesting witness, what would he say? If he say that Curley and Schulz knew, then it must mean that Paterno himself knew. That would open everyone up for civil lawsuits on top of the criminal offense. So I think, PSU and everyone in the administration including Paterno have a pretty good chance of getting off scott free if it comes down to McQ words against Curley and Schulz.</p>