Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 19:42:06 GMT -6
Penn State: No evidence Paterno, staff knew early Sandusky allegations
Pennsylvania State University president Eric Barron said Sunday that the university has found no evidence to support the latest allegations that Joe Paterno and members of his coaching staff knew about Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children as early as the 1970s.
Barron turned the heat on the media for reporting the allegations, some of which surfaced in court papers last week. Others were reported by CNN and NBC News.
If true, they indicate that Paterno and other Penn State authorities knew about Sandusky's actions years earlier than had been alleged. Previously, a graduate assistant's 2001 report of Sandusky attacking a boy in a campus shower was the earliest that Paterno was alleged to have known of Sandusky's sexual abuse.
"None of these allegations about the supposed knowledge of university employees has been substantiated in a court of law or in any other process to test their veracity," Barron said in a statement emailed Sunday to the Penn State community.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/education/20160509_Penn_State__No_evidence_Paterno__staff_knew_early_Sandusky_allegations.html
Pennsylvania State University president Eric Barron said Sunday that the university has found no evidence to support the latest allegations that Joe Paterno and members of his coaching staff knew about Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children as early as the 1970s.
Barron turned the heat on the media for reporting the allegations, some of which surfaced in court papers last week. Others were reported by CNN and NBC News.
If true, they indicate that Paterno and other Penn State authorities knew about Sandusky's actions years earlier than had been alleged. Previously, a graduate assistant's 2001 report of Sandusky attacking a boy in a campus shower was the earliest that Paterno was alleged to have known of Sandusky's sexual abuse.
"None of these allegations about the supposed knowledge of university employees has been substantiated in a court of law or in any other process to test their veracity," Barron said in a statement emailed Sunday to the Penn State community.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/education/20160509_Penn_State__No_evidence_Paterno__staff_knew_early_Sandusky_allegations.html