An internal investigation into whether football coach Joe Paterno and other Penn State officials helped cover up reports that Jerry Sandusky was molesting children on school grounds will be released this Thursday.
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According to the Associated Press, the report, commissioned by school trustees following the former assistant football coach’s arrest last year, is expected to reveal how the University treated Sandusky after fielding complaints about his encounters with young boys in 1998 and 2001.
It is also expected to cast additional light on how Paterno exerted control over the football program while Sandusky worked under him and after Sandusky retired from coaching.
Not only could the report shape how Paterno is remembered, but it also could affect an ongoing NCAA probe into the school’s conduct and criminal cases against two Penn State administrators.
The report is being issued by former FBI director Louis Freeh, who was hired by the University to find out what school officials, including Paterno, knew about the child molester in their midst. It will be published online at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Investigators will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. in Philadelphia to discuss the findings and recommendations in the report.
Let this serve as a lesson to those who use their authority to take advantage of the very people you are entrusted to protect.
