Sandusky victim: Joe Paterno told me to drop abuse accusation

[Gomez163]

Source: CNN

CNN)After four years of feuding over the legacy of Joe Paterno, with a few vague details about what he may have known about allegations of sexual abuse by one of his coaches, it is becoming clear there may be much more.

There are now two allegations by men who say they were sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky, who also say they reported their abuse to the legendary coach in the 1970s.

One of those allegations was made public in a court order related to a lawsuit Penn State University filed against its former insurer over who should have to pay settlements to the more than 30 men who have come forward as victims of Sandusky. The victim was not identified, and the details come from a deposition that is sealed.

The other has spoken to CNN, in great detail, explaining how he was a troubled young kid in 1971 when he was raped in a Penn State bathroom by Jerry Sandusky. Then, he says, his complaint about it was ignored by Paterno.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/us/jerry-sandusky-victims-paterno-penn-state/index.html?sr=twCNN050616jerry-sandusky-victims-paterno-penn-state0957PMStoryGalPhoto&linkId=24234146

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This is horrible.

[scscholar]

1. Old news

The 1976 facts came out long ago. We've known for quite a while that Paterno started protecting child rapists more than forty years ago.

[Gomez163]

3. No. Not old news. Part of the story broke yesterday.

This part broke just now.

[scscholar]

20. He protected child rapists over 40 years ago

Stop trying to confuse the issue. This is about protecting child rapists. That is what Penn State did. They protected child rapists. I don't care about some new confusion you're trying to add to the story about Paterno doing this. He did it.

[Gomez163]

21. He protected child rapists 18 years ago until the story broke yesterday

[Gomez163]

14. Here's the link from Breakingnews.com

http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/penn-state-ex-coach-child-sex-case/

Three stories in the past 24 hours.

[benld74]

2. Goes high into state govt

[Gomez163]

4. I suspect some state officials knew too.

[wheniwasincongress]

5. Ah, I wish Paterno was still alive!

He basically got away with not doing anything.

[Gomez163]

7. I wish we could dig him up and indict him.

[wheniwasincongress]

8. Cadaver Synod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver_Synod

[NNadir]

27. Well, they dug up Oliver Cromwell after he died and executed him.

No one would have dared to suggest doing that while he was living, but it was relatively easy to execute him when he was already dead.

I never gave a rat's ass about Joe Paterno, and didn't even know who he was, but as I tour colleges with my younger son, it is disturbing to see how much is invested in football in otherwise fairly prestigious universities.

This is somewhat ironic in institutions of "higher learning" since football quite literally seems to bash people's brains out, causing all kinds of neurological impairment.

[Gomez163]

6. My recollection is the earliest abuse before (that was proven) was 1998.

This means they were covering it up for 22 more years than we first thought.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Suprised how long it has taken

before some one outed a Coach at one of the Big Buck College Athletic Programs. How much more is there out there? Lot more than you think.

[gopiscrap]

29. No kidding

and it's almost always the fucking republican types doing it!

[Blue_Tires]

10. I was REALLY hoping this woud spur a debate

over the importance we place on college athletics...

Over the years we've seen assaults, rapes, robberies, burglary rings, fraud rings, drug rings, drug use, gang activity, academic cheating, vandalism, car theft, shoplifting, illegal payouts, drunk driving, hazing, murder (yes, I said murder), etc. covered up or suppressed to protect the reputation of a program... But this was the very first time we've seen child molestation... It was literally the last untouched square on the "college sports crime bingo" card...

And the pains people took to sweep this under the rug, all for the sake of protecting a goddamned football program from even the weakest NCAA sanctions really made me take a hard look at what I was watching every Saturday...

[Gomez163]

11. I wish they would stop televising the games.

[Blue_Tires]

23. I wish the NFL would just create

their own minor leagues instead of making the NCAA their de facto farm system... That alone would change everything...

[gopiscrap]

30. typicsl athletic type asholes...you don't see that type of shit

in the music or social work programs!

[underpants]

12. Ped State.

[Gomez163]

13. As a Pitt alum I normally would be gloating at a Penn State misfortune.

Not ever with this case. I have seen first hand the destruction child abuse causes. They should give Penn State the death penalty and be done with it.

[underpants]

17. They should have never let them come back

But, as you know, money is money.

JoePa ran that town. Going to him as the assistant coach did was going beyond going to the police.

Horrible. Just horrible.

[gopiscrap]

31. I agree ban this fucking institution from

ever taking part in NCAA athletics. If not it ruins the integrity of the NCAA athletic network

[Gomez163]

15. This stuff just sets me off. I want to break something. URRRRRRGH

[Dont call me Shirley]

16. Par for the course in PA how sexual assault victims are treated, like we are the ones who did wrong.

[underpants]

18. Money. Ped State could have just paid and it would be over but they fought over dimes and this came

out. Serves them right.

[Gomez163]

19. I want them all to go to jail. Everyone who knew.

[Blue_Tires]

24. +1000

[byronius]

22. There's also the 'wealthy donor' network Sandusky serviced.

Rich men renting children from him, as I recall. I haven't seen a word about this since the original story broke.

Money is currently generally immune from justice. One hopes this will change.

[Frank Cannon]

25. There has been dead silence about this ever since.

As I recall, that bullshit "charity" shuttered within a week, and there hasn't been a peep about it, or its major donor list, ever since.

[yourpaljoey]

28. I did not know that, now I do. Ugly ugly people.

[rusty fender]

26. Paterno was a legendary POS!

[radicalliberal]

32. These scandals don't bother the majority of sports fans.

They just don't care.

That's why nothing will ever be done to put a stop to this. Of course, there will be more scandals.

How many lives must be ruined before sports fans finally get it through their thick skulls that wrongdoing must be exposed instead of covered up? Oh, please, don't tell me the unpleasant answer! There will be no reformation. The corruption will continue, and many more will have their lives ruined. It will go on and on and on and on and on ...