The Penn State Child Sexual Abuse Cover-up: A Timeline

[ccfinlay]

Appropriate outrage over the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal and the response of Penn State University has been expressed much more eloquently by Scalzi and othersDespite this outrage, I still hear people standing up for Joe Paterno or defending the actions/inactions of the university. Because I like you -- no seriously, I like you a lot

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[frigg]

I am not familiar with the case, most likely partly because of my location and partly because I haven't been following the news much lately, but...I am speechless.

[frigg]

You should read the grand jury report yourself. While it will probably be the ugliest thing you EVER read you will see that this author has taken some libertys when stating who told who WHAT. Also NPR has a timeline that states the FACTS not opinions

[ccfinlay]

Hi, anonymous.

Here is the timeline from NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/08/142111804/penn-state-abuse-scandal-a-guide-and-timeline

What liberties do you think I've taken?

I only got as far as

[frigg]

Schultz/Curly met with Paterno and I stopped reading. If it isn't accurate, no point in reading it. Paterno wasn't present at that meeting. It's immportant to be accurate; doesn't make it any less unconscionable. :(

Re: I only got as far as

[ccfinlay]

Grand Jury Presentment, p 8-9

Schultz testified that he was called to a meeting with Joe Paterno and Tim Curley, in which Paterno reported "disturbing" and "inappropriate" conduct in the shower by Sandusky upon a young boy, as reported to him by a student or graduate student. Schultz was present in a subsequent meeting with Curley when the graduate assistant reported the incident in the shower involving Sandusky and a boy. Schultz was very unsure about what he remembered the graduate assistant telling him and Curley about the shower incident. He testified that he had the impression that Sandusky might have inappropriately grabbed the young boy's genitals while wrestling and agreed that such was inappropriate sexual conduct between a man and a boy. While equivocating on the definition of "sexual" in the context of Sandusky wrestling with and grabbing the genitals of the boy, Schultz conceded that the report the graduate assistant made was of inappropriate sexual conduct by Sandusky. However, Schultz testified that the allegations

[ext_194791]

Basically, same here. Yeah.