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In reply to the discussion: When Rick Reilly went to PSU to write about JoePa, he got a call from a professor who warned him. [View all]chervilant
(8,267 posts)29. This especially resonates:
Last edited Tue Jul 24, 2012, 01:27 PM - Edit history (1)
Paterno let a child molester go when he could've stopped him. He let him go and then lied to cover his sinister tracks. He let a rapist go to save his own recruiting successes and fundraising pitches and big-fish-small-pond hide.
Here's a legacy for you. Paterno's cowardice and ego and fears allowed Sandusky to molest at least eight more boys in the years after that 1998 incident -- Victims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10. Just to recap: By not acting, a grown man failed to protect eight boys from years of molestation, abuse and self-loathing, all to save his program the embarrassment. The mother of Victim 1 is "filled with hatred toward Joe Paterno," the victim's lawyer says. "She just hates him, and reviles him." Can you blame her?
As a survivor of child sexual abuse, I can assure you: the pain, the shame, the embarrassment, the self-loathing NEVER goes away.
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When Rick Reilly went to PSU to write about JoePa, he got a call from a professor who warned him. [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Jul 2012
OP
Possibly Sandusky's wife was aware of what was happening. She could be implicated.
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#43
She totally knew. Even walked in on Mr. S and one of his victims, claims they were "just talking."
Stardust
Jul 2012
#65
I think they should have at least charged her with something. Even if they dropped the
rhett o rick
Jul 2012
#80
A severance package and get out? Like the Catholic Church does with their pedophiles?
progressoid
Jul 2012
#31
What a righteous post. I feel the same, unfortunately. I weep for our children and their
Stardust
Jul 2012
#82
I've been reading up on Michael Jackson all week: Same story: People knew. Double standard for stars
lindysalsagal
Jul 2012
#57
But performing for Rush Limbaugh's wedding? C'mon, Elton. You had to know how uncool
Stardust
Jul 2012
#83