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Disgraced Former Penn State DC Jerry Sandusky (convicted child molester)

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Closing this thread temporarily, so discussion stays in just the Paterno thread for now.

Here's the link to the report - their server is being swamped right now.

TheFreehReportonPSU.com - this site has 2 downloads available.

Freeh.Report.pdf

Louis.Freeh.press.release.pdf

Hare are some key quotes from the press release. Freeh will be having a press conference at the top of the hour (10 am ET).
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Some individuals declined to be interviewed. For example, on the advice of
counsel, both Mr. Curley and Mr. Schultz declined to be interviewed. Also, the
Pennsylvania Attorney General requested that we not interview certain potential
witnesses. We honored those requests. Mr. Paterno passed away before we had the
opportunity to speak with him, although we did speak with some of his representatives.
We believe that he was willing to speak with us and would have done so, but for his
serious, deteriorating health. We were able to review and evaluate his grand jury
testimony, his public statements, and notes and papers from his files that were provided
to us by his attorney.

...
Our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and
welfare of Sandusky's child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State. The most
powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children
who Sandusky victimized. Messrs. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley never
demonstrated, through actions or words, any concern for the safety and well-being of
Sandusky's victims until after Sandusky's arrest.

In critical written correspondence that we uncovered on March 20th of this year,
we see evidence of their proposed plan of action in February 2001 that included
reporting allegations about Sandusky to the authorities. After Mr. Curley consulted with
Mr. Paterno, however, they changed the plan and decided not to make a report to the
authorities. Their failure to protect the February 9, 2001 child victim, or make attempts
to identify him, created a dangerous situation for other unknown, unsuspecting young
boys who were lured to the Penn State campus and football games by Sandusky and
victimized repeatedly by him.
Further, they exposed this child to additional harm by alerting Sandusky, who
was the only one who knew the child?s identity, about what McQueary saw in the
shower on the night of February 9, 2001.
The stated reasons by Messrs. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley for not
taking action to identify the victim and for not reporting Sandusky to the police or Child
Welfare are:

(1) Through counsel, Messrs. Curley and Schultz have stated that the "humane"
thing to do in 2001 was to carefully and responsibly assess the best way to handle
vague but troubling allegations.

(2) Mr. Paterno said that "I didn't know exactly how to handle it and I was afraid
to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was. So I backed
away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more
expertise than I did. It didn't work out that way."

(3) Mr. Spanier told the Special Investigative Counsel that he was never told by
anyone that the February 2001 incident in the shower involved the sexual abuse of a
child but only "horsing around." He further stated that he never asked what "horsing
around" by Sandusky entailed.

Taking into account the available witness statements and evidence, it is more
reasonable to conclude that, in order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, the
most powerful leaders at Penn State University - Messrs. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and
Curley - repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse from the
authorities, the Board of Trustees, Penn State community, and the public at large.
Although concern to treat the child abuser humanely was expressly stated, no such
sentiments were ever expressed by them for Sandusky’s victims.

The evidence shows that these four men also knew about a 1998 criminal
investigation of Sandusky relating to suspected sexual misconduct with a young boy in
a Penn State football locker room shower. Again, they showed no concern about that
victim. The evidence shows that Mr. Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation
of Sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though Sandusky
had been a key member of his coaching staff for almost 30 years, and had an office just
steps away from Mr. Paterno?s. At the very least, Mr. Paterno could have alerted the
entire football staff, in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the
Lasch Building. Messrs. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley also failed to alert the
Board of Trustees about the 1998 investigation or take any further action against Mr.
Sandusky. None of them even spoke to Sandusky about his conduct. In short, nothing
was done and Sandusky was allowed to continue with impunity.

Based on the evidence, the only known, intervening factor between the decision
made on February 25, 2001 by Messrs. Spanier, Curley and Schulz to report the
incident to the Department of Public Welfare, and then agreeing not to do so on
February 27th, was Mr. Paterno's February 26th conversation with Mr. Curley.
We never had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Paterno, but he did say what he
told McQueary on February 10, 2011 when McQueary reported what he saw Sandusky
doing in the shower the night before: "You did what you had to do. It is my job now to
figure out what we want to do." Why would anyone have to figure out what had to be
done in these circumstances? We also know that he delayed reporting Sandusky's
sexual conduct because Mr. Paterno did not "want to interfere" with people's weekend.
To his credit, Mr. Paterno stated on November 9, 2011, "With the benefit of hindsight, I
wish I had done more."

Cont'd ...
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Not sure where to put this, but since the Sandusky thread is closed (Mods, please move if necessary):

VICTIM CLAIMS SANDUSKY SEX SCANDAL CONNECTED TO PHILADELPHIA PEDOPHILE NETWORK

This is what I feared from the get go. This had NAMBLA ring written all over it. I am afraid this thing is going to get very, very deep when all is said and done. Ugh.

For reference, this is a follow up interview from this story it seems:

http://articles.philly.com/2011-12-01/news/30463516_1_penn-state-scandal-fiancee-community-meeting

BB73 edit - this thread has been re-opened for over a week, but I moved this stuff into here.
 
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buxfan4life;2182670; said:
Not sure where to put this, but since the Sandusky thread is closed (Mods, please move if necessary):

VICTIM CLAIMS SANDUSKY SEX SCANDAL CONNECTED TO PHILADELPHIA PEDOPHILE NETWORK

This is what I feared from the get go. This had NAMBLA ring written all over it. I am afraid this thing is going to get very, very deep when all is said and done. Ugh.
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Words do not describe...holy shit! It makes me absolutely sick. When there are power brokers like that involved...it isn't a "secret." Maybe the Gricar rumors/conspiracies weren't too far off after all...
 
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ExpatAkronite;2182734; said:
It would seem that first publication (American Free Press) has a wee bit of an agenda.....
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If the bit about the pictures is true and verifiable as it seems, I certainly wouldn't doubt the rest of it.

I'm not as good at tracking down legal cases like this (property and ownership is more my thing), so maybe someone who is can provide us with some other sources on the Ed Savitz connection?
 
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scarletmike;2182735; said:
If the bit about the pictures is true and verifiable as it seems, I certainly wouldn't doubt the rest of it.

I'm not as good at tracking down legal cases like this (property and ownership is more my thing), so maybe someone who is can provide us with some other sources on the Ed Savitz connection?
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His story is verifiable up to the Sandusky part....all from Wikipedia:

Savitz was Jewish and a pedophile. American Free Press is considered anti-semitic. New York Daily News originally published this story about the Sandusky connection. If there was a shred of evidence I would think at least one major media outlet would be on it. It is bad enough as it stands.
 
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