Penn State must fire Joe Paterno in child sex abuse cover up
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Joe Paterno should be fired by Penn State.
Legend he may be but covering up for a child sex abuser is unforgivable.
Imagine it was your kid that assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was abusing when he was caught in a shower stall with him.
Sandsky used his charity 'The Second Mile' to regularly abuse inner city kids he brought to campus.
Paterno should be out as soon as possible after he covered up the incident and refused to follow up.
The Penn State graduate student and assistant coach who reported the incident to Paterno gave him sufficient evidence to immediately call the police.
Instead Paterno called an audible and only informed the Penn State Athletic Director -- eventually no action was taken.
Instead of pursuing the issue Paterno washed his hands
Paterno is now hiding behind weasel words to try and cover up his shocking inaction.
Paterno said in a statement released on Sunday: "As my grand jury testimony stated, I was informed in 2002 by an assistant coach that he had witnessed an incident in the shower of our locker room facility. It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the grand jury report."
What did Paterno think the coach was referring to when he was so distraught?A game of hide and seek?
The Athletic Director Timothy Curley, and Gary Schultz, senior vice president for finance and business, have now been charged with failing to report the alleged crimes.
Curley has been placed on administrative leave IE fired. Schultz is retiring.
Sandusky allegedly sexually abused eight boys from 1994 to 2009.
What of Paterno then? Can he avoid the Curley and Schultz faith just because he is a legendary football coach?
I don't think so. We call on every abusive priest to be fired and now on those who cover it up to be fired too.
Paterno undoubtedly fits that second category.
Fire Joe I say.
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ChuckFeney | Nov 09, 2011, 05:34 AM EST
Pope Joe Pa
Penn State football's a perennial Big Ten power
Who are now lookin' at their most shameful hour.
The case they must broach
Is an old defensive coach
Who liked to bugger young boys in the shower.
An assistant busted Sandusky in mid-stroke
When he was givin' an at risk youngster a poke.
He reported it to Joe Pa,
Who gave it a hearty "Ha Ha"
Then passed it to the A.D. as a joke.
You see, nobody ever bothered to call the cops
To protect the program, they pulled out all stops.
'Cause with pedophile rings
Powerful deviants pull strings
To hold a complaint in the loop 'til it drops.
The Administration sat on the story for years
Knowing it was the sum of their worst fears
They kept the tale quiet
'Til they couldn't deny it
But now the Nittany Lion's day of Judgement nears.
Now Justice will be done, we all can hope!
And Joe Pa has shown he's qualified to be Pope.
But for kids in Happy Valley
Don't wander down coach's alley
And whatever you do, Don't drop the soap!
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Charles Ulysses Feney
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SpartanFan | Nov 07, 2011, 02:23 PM EST
Hey, Sean: Rule No. 1 for writers / bloggers: DON'T use passive language. Your first sentence should read: "Penn State should fire Joe Paterno."
That said, we don't know for sure what the grad assistant told Paterno, or what Paterno told the Grand Jury. Let's wait until the facts come out.
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