I'm gonna be honest - I haven't read the 17 pages of thoughts - but I live in PA, I am being bombarded on this issue everywhere I look.
My Dad is a Penn State Grad 1971
My FIL is a Penn State Grad 1953
My Grandmother held season tickets for over 25 years (and many other family still does).
I attended several summer 'camps' at Penn State, when I was a child.
I heard JoePa speak at one of those camps, I was in The Creamery at the same time as him during another.
Both of my children were sexually abused while in the care of their birth mother. When the social workers all FAILED to repot the abuse - I personally called in the report. I have held my daughter's hands (they were my foster children at the time) as they waited to be inteviewed by the police investigator about their abuse. I have held them as they cried, I have driven them to therapy, etc. I have cried as their abuser (who in additon to abusing them is an illegal alien) walks the streets of our community.
I have read the Grad Jury report.
My take - the entire handling of this coach is a travesty! So many people witnessed his actions, and did nothing.
JoePa definitely did not do everything that he could, or should have, but he did report it to his superiors within 24 hours, and he did that based on a report from another, not based on anything he witnessed personally. He should have called in the report though.
The firing of the college president, VP, atheletic director - are all TOTALLY justified in my opinion. JoePa, who had already resigned, I don't think so. Especially while a coach who witnessed this jerk having Anal sex was not fired! (just recently they did announce he will not cocach this game).
I also find Penn State's handling of the firing announcement to be extremely poorly handled. A late night announcment, without the security in place to handle it (in a town with previous riot history) was just plain DUMB. I spent hours last night searching for live news info and PRAYING for the safety of the police, and innocent bystanders. And if I had a child who was at that college, participating in that riot - I would have been on my way their to drag them home by their ear!
And I've got to say my gut on this. I think it will come out that there is a LOT more abuse relating to this ****. He adopted 6 kids, and had multiple foster kids. He had access to lots of kids, through this charity, from 1977 on.
