USA TODAY: …The steps outlined to university trustees Friday by school President Rodney Erickson focused on areas such as the prompt reporting of allegations and a new compliance offer. They were initially put forward by [former FBI director Louis Freeh], who’s heading the trustees’ internal investigation into a child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
The details came amid what proved to be another busy legal day in the case against Sandusky. The school’s lawyer said that a number of Penn State employees had received subpoenas from the state attorney general’s office, while Sandusky’s lawyer told a judge he needs psychological reports, juvenile arrest records and other documents about his client’s accusers to prepare for trial….
The university, embroiled in the scandal since Sandusky’s arrest Nov. 5, is trying to move forward while still dealing with the legal implications that keep refocusing attention on the past. Some vocal alumni remain angry with the board’s actions in the frantic week that followed Sandusky’s arrest, including the ouster of the late Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno and then-school President Graham Spanier…. (more)
