PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE Editorial: It’s inconceivable that, on a day when a young man testified that he had been sexually abused by a once well-regarded Penn State assistant football coach, an even more heinous allegation would come to light. Yet that is precisely what occurred.
NBC reported Monday that high-ranking Penn State officials had discussed whether to notify police about a 2001 incident involving Jerry Sandusky and a boy in a university locker room shower, researched whether they were required to do so and concluded that it was “humane” to the former defensive coordinator not to tell local authorities. The network said it was former Penn State president Graham Spanier and former senior vice president Gary Schultz who made that decision. Instead of reporting suspicions of child abuse, Penn State took away Mr. Sandusky’s locker room keys.
Also damning was the revelation, in court papers filed by prosecutors Monday, which said that despite subpoenas issued long ago, Penn State only recently turned over emails of Mr. Schultz, athletic director Tim Curley and others, as well as a file of documents that “was created, maintained and possessed” by Mr. Schultz. Louis Freeh, the former FBI director hired by the university to investigate the child sex abuse scandal, confirmed Monday that he had turned over information uncovered by his team… (more)
