Jerry Sandusky
*Jerry Sandusky, former football assistant to Nittany Lion’s head coach Joe Paterno, was obviously someone who was trusted at Pennsylvania State University. He founded the Second Mile Foundation, a group home for troubled boys, in 1977, which serves over 100,000 at risk youth.
But Sandusky was arrested and led away in handcuffs last week in a child sex-abuse scandal that has rocked Pennsylvania State University and sparked a grand jury indictment over an alleged cover up.
The national scandal has also resulted in the firings of Lion’s head coach Joe Paterno, Penn State’s beloved head coach, as well as Pennsylvania State’s university president and two top administrators.
A Special Commonwealth Pennsylvania grand jury described in findings that Sandusky was a relentless sexual predator who took advantage of at-risk children and their disadvantaged single parents.
The case was broken by one of Sandusky’s victims, cited as “Victim Number 1” who reported Sandusky to authorities.
Reports are also leaking out that the eight victims may have been poor inner city black boys.
Edward Wyckoff Williams, a columnist for the Grio, points out that many sex abuse cases in recent years have involved high profile leaders and victims of sexual abuse, who have been young black males.
Within the grand jury’s findings was an incident in 2002, when assistant coach Mike McQueary, the team’s wide receiver coach, witnessed Sandusky allegedly raping a boy, estimated to be about 10 years old, in the shower of Penn State’s locker room.
According to the Washington Post, McQueary told Paterno—and Paterno told athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president for finance Gary Schultz, who, in turn, reported it to university president Graham Spanier. None took allegations to police.
The Pennsylvania Statewide Investigating Grand Jury stated that Sandusky selected the eight boys from the populations served by the Second Mile Foundation.
Poor children became easy prey for Sandusky, who would start with mentoring, then move on to hosting the boys for overnights in the bedroom at his home and then initiate copulation, anal sex, according to the grand jury report.
The report indicates that Sandusky may have raped and molested at least 8 young boys between the ages of 10 and 15 from 1994-2009. He is free on $100,000 bail and is awaiting his first hearing on Dec. 7. He has been charged with 40 counts of abuse, but maintains his innocence, according to his attorney.
If convicted, he would face a maximum punishment of life in prison.
Unbelievably, Sandusky, 67, was twice investigated on charges of sexual assault. Neither investigations resulted in either organization terminating Sandusky’s employment or access to facilities.
Investigators are also looking into rumors that Sandusky may have been procuring at-risk youth for foundation donors. The foundation raises millions of dollars a year from corporate and individual donors in Pennsylvania.
The scandal has raised questions over whether Penn State officials put the interests of the university and its celebrated football program over those of children who were victims of sexual abuse.
One of the mothers of the victims, whose voice was disguised and recently spoke to Good Morning America in silhouette, said, “There was a time when my son started acting out. He was angry about something, we didn’t know what.”
No doubt more victims will come forward as the scandal continues to unfold.
black ,white or blue stop letting these people {grown ass men fantasize on children} sic ass bastards, great careers, great income and your prize possessions are defenseless children, the world needs to take a more serious notice, we talk about things every now and the and let it go dormant! We seem to take a more serious approach to these junk ass reality shows, where the victims are those who watch them! PROTECT ARE CHILDREN, PROTECT ARE CHILDREN ,PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Whether the victims were Black, White, Green, Purple or Brown it really doesn’t matter. They were kids and didn’t deserve this horrific thing to happen to them. It’ll take this sickening story to a new level of sickness if we find out that Paterno dismissed the seriousness of these acts because the children may have been of color. Some one should destroy those statutes of him situated around campus and erase his name from Penn State football history, IF that is possible. I doubt seriously if that’s possible, because some fanatical fans still think he can walk on water. Fanteeking
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Homosexuals under the guise on Gay Rights said Sandusky is not a homosexual but a psychotic.
Why is it these psychotics always same sex molesters?
The truth is the man is a deviant and like Gay Marrage and homosexuality is an abhhorant to nature.
The quiet majority in this case allowed the deviant behavior to go on without reporting it to authorities.
The only way evil continues is for good men to do nothing.
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Sandusky was spotted yesterday in a State College, PA shopping center wearing a Penn State sweater and flashing a smile. I hope this bastard is locked up for life!!! Fanteeking
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All of this could have been avoided if not for the double standard applied when dealing with a black celebrity like Michael Jackson compared to these white perverts. They had more than enough evidence to put Sandusky away, having being investigated twice for sexual assault. The evidence that they had on him from 1998 was way more than what they had on Michael Jackson, but they let him go, while Michael had to sweat it out a as they did everything to smear his name and put him in prison.
“In 1998, Gricar (the DA) made the decision not to file charges against Sandusky after a mother told university police Sandusky had inappropriate contact with her 11-year-old son . .. Two University police detectives – Ronald Shreffler and Ralph Ralston – eavesdropped on two conversations the mother of one of Sandusky’s victims had with Sandusky in May 1998. … According to the detectives’ testimony, Sandusky told the mother after the second conversation, “I was wrong. I wish I could get forgiveness. I know I won’t get it from you. I wish I were dead.” … After a lengthy investigation by university police Detective Ronald Shreffler, the investigation was closed after Gricar decided there would be no criminal charges. …He (the DA) had never explained his decision not to prosecute Sandusky”
But the damn main stream media won’t even talk about that incident, because it’s easier to get more press by referring to the 2002 incident alone, since that’s the one in which Joe Paterno can be implicated?
I’m not trying to defend Joe Paterno, but let’s play devil’s advocate for a second. Joe already knew all the sick details of the 1998 incident and law enforcement’s refusal to charge Sandusky. From one report, the guy even admitted to fondling the boy in the shower in that incident. So let’s say beyond reporting it to the university , Joe didn’t feel motivated to take it upon himself to report the 2002 incident to the police, seeing the lackadaisical attitude they displayed after the 1998 incident.
No, Joe should have done more in 2002, but so should the law in 1998.
The bigger question the media should be asking is, why Sandusky was not criminally charged n 1998, whether the university had any influence on that decision and just how many kids could have been spared from abuse if the right thing was done then.
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I couldn’t agree more with your statements. I’m all for protecting kids and I honestly can’t say I would have done more than Paterno given the circumstances as you articulated in your comments. It’ sad that he’s name is smeared in the media to generate ratings.
Nice point about Michael. I didn’t even think about that but you are right about how Michael was treated so unjustly and this man is free on bail!
Great comment!
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2 David,c’mon it does make a difference if the kids were white or Black.The difference is this would explain why it took 13 years for this guy 2 be arrested.Not too many people are talking about the laws(ie the police) role in this.This pervert according to what I read back in 1999, was told by the police he had to promise he wouldn’t take showers with children and for this promise he wasn’t prosecuted!!!! I was appalled reading this and surprised,because my first thought was these kids were white,since I believed from looking at Penn State, it was a white area and I thought they were more protected,but now it makes sense. 2 them ,Black people don’t matter and our children matter less,hence the pervert gets away for 13 years.The white man card was played again.
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