That's just how a select few in the family are. Remember, one son was let go from his job. These few people think they are holier than thou. Mad at the news for reporting Paterno's death before they each made individual statements to the media, angry at not being asked every time something is reported, etc. That's just the way a couple of people in his family are.
I just got done reading this report.
This is a long post, just a warning.
So, this group of clowns knew since 1998 about an incident and nothing happened. Our missing district attorney decided not to do anything. The community had no idea of this.
Then it happens again... and again... and again... and no one does anything.
In 1999 Sandusky proposes running a youth football camp at Penn State.
Paterno writes on a note "Volunteer Position Director - Positive Action for Youth". At the end of that year, Sandusky assaults Victim 4 in the hotel at the Alamo Bowl in Texas.
November 2000 another victim. This is the incident where the janitor seems it and was very upset, yet knew that if he reported it, he'd lose his job. And you know what? He would have. They probably would have fired everyone in that department just to keep it quiet. Sick.
Feb 2001 another victim. Both in Lasch building showers. Feb 2001 was the incident that McQueary saw... McQueary went to Paterno. But Paterno knew of the past incidents since 1998 and just decided to speak to the university police guy, the same one who swept all the other incidents under the rug since 1998.
Aug 2001: another victim in the Lasch showers.
Sept 2001: Board of Trustees meeting for land sale to Jerry's Second Mile charity, and PSU's president nor Schultz say a word about what is going on.
I'm not sure of the date of the wrestling mat incident at a nearby school that caused the coach or someone related to that dept. to not allow Sandusky there anymore.
Boy after boy after boy.
Did Paterno run the school? No. He was a coach. He did his job as a coach. That's it. Just because he was a good coach and known doesn't mean he ran the school. He did run the football dept. though.
Did Paterno know about this? Yes, since 1998, and still kept Sandusky around.
This child rapist was living in our community, and no one warned the public.
Parents were allowing their children to be in Sandusky's organization without knowing about all these incidents. What the heck.
Our community rallied for Jerry's organization and saying what a great guy Jerry was for helping kids without knowing anything of what Jerry really was. However, other people knew and kept it secret.
Should Joe's statue be taken down? Well, I don't really know. He has the statue up because he was a great football coach. If it's there then fine. If they take it down, fine. It doesn't matter to me. Keeping it would not show that they stand behind what Sandusky did. It's up because of Paterno being a great college football coach.
Now, the students who rioted did not have this information that we have now. Would they have rioted if they had the facts? Probably a few would have because it was an excuse to drink and get crazy, but a majority would have been shocked like I am now. Not all the rioters were students, either. Some were just young, drunk fools. One year they caused trouble during the Art's Festival.
I didn't know about rapist Jerry until November of last year when it broke loose. I didn't know until today after reading this report that Joe knew since 1998.
I was under the assumption that Joe knew in 2001 when McQueary told him, and Joe told the person he was supposed to. Knowing that Joe knew in 1998 and was told in 2001 of another horrible incident changes everything. Why when this all broke loose did they not say about Joe knowing since 1998? Maybe they did, and I didn't hear about it until now. I don't know.
Sorry for the long post, but I am outraged and sick by this. How could so many people in power hide the fact of a child rapist and even keep him around a while longer?? omg.