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

Comments

[charmingbillie]

Thank you, Charlie. This is very clear and useful.

[amberdine]

Thanks for this. When I went to get a copy of the indictment yesterday it had been made password-protected due to server overload.

Utterly horrific. I cannot understand how anyone can defend Paterno after learning the sequence of events.

[sleary]

And then there's the DA who went missing after incident #3.

Thank you for the timeline, Charlie. I'm going to go drown myself in kitty pictures now.

[ccfinlay]

That's the thing about kitty pictures - they never drown you, they only buoy you up.

[barbarienne]

In fairness, there's stronger reason to believe that DA went missing because of a mob-related case he was pursuing.

[sleary]

That's comforting, if such a thing can be said about this.

WOW

[anonymous]

I'd love for someone--ANYONE--to tell me how an adult male having anal intercourse with a 10 yr old boy isn't considered "that big of a deal". My mouth was literally hanging open. I hope that more punitive action is taken against ANYONE who had knowledge and failed to protect these children. Unreal.

[maggiedr]

Yes, thank you for the clear presented facts in chronological order. I knew nothing about this until two days ago, when it was announced Paterno was fired. When I started reading various internet reports yesterday, I couldn't figure out how long this had gone on and who knew what and when they knew it.

Now I wish the protesting students and other supporters of Palerno would read it and digest it.