Sandusky’s Accomplices About To Get Theirs
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By DERON SNYDER
Dead men tell no tales, offer no rebuttals and provide no corroboration. So aside from potential damage to his legacy, former football coach Joe Paterno escaped further punishment for his role in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case. But Paterno also lost the ability to fight for his name when he died in January.
The same can’t be said for three ex-officials sweating the findings of Penn State’s internal investigation into the matter. The report, headed by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, is expected to be released Thursday morning, adding another sickening layer to Penn State’s sordid scandal.
If reported email exchanges among former president Graham Spanier, former athletic director Tom Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz are accurate, those men were accomplices as Sandusky abused numerous boys on campus and elsewhere. Curley and Schultz already face perjury charges (they pleaded not guilty) for allegedly lying to a grand jury and failing to report suspected child abuse, and they should receive the maximum penalty under law.
The Freeh report should lead to additional charges, if possible, as well as Spanier’s arrest for his role in the cover-up.
