<p>Interesting article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette about Sandusky’s upbringing and married life (only child raised above an athletic center that his dad was involved with, 6 adopted kids and many foster kids over the years with his wife,etc). I would not be at all surprised if it comes out that he was sexually abused himelf as a boy. This is a very sad, sordid story for the community, Penn State and most of all for the alleged victims.
<a href=“http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11310/1187908-454-0.stm?cmpid=MOSTEMAILEDBOX[/url]”>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11310/1187908-454-0.stm?cmpid=MOSTEMAILEDBOX</a></p>
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<p>It’s pretty rare to find a pedophile who was not sexually molested as a child.</p>
<p>Sandusky wrote an autobiography with the incredibly ironic title, Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story.</p>
<p>Agreed, 4gsmom. I’m also pretty sure that is going to be part of his “defense.”</p>
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<p>For sure. </p>
<p>I live in CT where it’s being used as a defense in the capital case against one of the convicted murderers in the Pettit Family case (intruders followed mother and daughters home and sexually assaulted them before tying them to beds and setting the house on fire.)</p>
<p>I’m glad that the media got a hold of the story. With the country watching some of the players will now be held accountable for their actions.</p>
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<p>Sounds like it wasn’t much of an interview.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/ncaafootball/Penn-State-Paterno-College-Football-George-Vecsey.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/ncaafootball/Penn-State-Paterno-College-Football-George-Vecsey.html</a></p>
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<p>if JoePa didn’t know, he should have…my guess is he knew, he told Sandusky he wouldn’t be the heir apparent to the head coaching job, and this was the cover to get rid of Sandusky by having him retire…JOE MUST GO</p>
<p>[Bill</a> Plaschke: In wake of Sandusky scandal, Joe Paterno must resign - latimes.com](<a href=“Archive blogs”>Bill Plaschke: In wake of Sandusky scandal, Joe Paterno must resign)</p>
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<p>None are defending Sandusky, Curley, Schultz. Nor does there seem to be much defense for egregious behavior and apparently equally egregious response by the powers that be. </p>
<p>This is a case study on abuse of power, influence runamuck, bureaucracies, nepotistic and ingrown organizations, when loyalty becomes criminal, believing our own press-clippings, and on and on. So many potential story lines here, most of which are not good. </p>
<p>My personal choice: Not in Camelot … Not in Happy Valley.</p>
<p>It didn’t work for King Arthur … and in the end, it didn’t work for King Joe. </p>
<p>While much of this will pass as the media frenzy moves on to the next momentary hysteria, there is real and perceptual damage done here. Most destructive is that the ONE PLACE where people worked so long, so hard to do it “right” in the end was victimized by human frailty and sinfulness. </p>
<p>The garden of Eden was sullied by nothing less. A high-falootin metaphor? Perhaps. But for Penn Staters, the sad loss of innocense, and not just for those poor young boys.</p>
<p>Yeah, that former “grad student” who witnessed Sandusky assaulting a 10 yr old boy, is Mike McQueary, a current Assistant Football Coach for PSU. Gives more insight as to why he never reported what he saw first hand to the police? Rewarded for his silence perhaps?</p>
<p>i instinctively like Paterno, although it strikes me that I know very little about him. I suppose I like the image; he is an od school coach. i can relate.</p>
<p>But I can’t understand that JoePas, or anyone else involved in this mess, didn’t follow through. Didn’t wonder what ever became of that allegation that ole Sandusky raped a 10 year old in the locker room. Just forgot about it, I guess. Busy, no doubt.</p>
<p>I wonder what Joe would expect of other responsible adults if a grandson of his was similarly assaulted. More, I assume.</p>
<p>We are societally guilty of deciding guilt or innocence, right or wrong, in these matters before all the facts are in; but it is hard to this ending well at Penn State.</p>
<p>Also, Sandusky ran a sleepover football camp which was held on Penn State campuses with boys as young as 9 yrs old up until 2009. The flyer for this camp touted Sandusky’s long standing affiliation with PSU Football. Again, all held on Penn State campuses. Disgusting.</p>
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<p>And Spanier should be fired for that statement alone</p>
<p>^ Concur …</p>
<p>How many alleged victims are we talking about here? Is it two or more? When the story first broke I thought one report said something about 8 boys. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is at least that many and more. Most will never come out.</p>
<p>There are 8 in the grand jury report. Unfortunately, it is probably likely that there are at least some, and possibly many, more.</p>
<p>I think its tough to estimate. Certainly could be a lot more, but perverts are pretty careful about picking their targets. It seems that they are pretty sensitive to the parental situations as well as kid’s personalities, and are not likely to jump into a situation where they will be instantly reported. The grand jury testimony summarized in the report would suggest that Sandusky was pretty cautious in his initial approaches.</p>
<p>Sports Illustrated had an article about pedophile coaches about ten years ago. It was very informative and I learned a lot from reading it. I recommend it. A lot of it dovetails with what is known in the Sandusky case. </p>
<p>[The</a> child molester has found a home in the world of youth - 09.13.99 - SI Vault](<a href=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1127274/index.htm]The”>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1127274/index.htm)</p>
<p>(For those who want something less troubling, its easy to find those too as the SI Vault archive is free and has every article ever written in the magazine.)</p>