Child Raping at Penn State

In five stunning days, a child sex abuse scandal that rocked the state's flagship public university led to the departure Wednesday of Penn State University President Graham Spanier and its legendary football coach Joe Paterno.

At a late night news conference that followed an emergency closed-door session on campus, John Surma, board of trustees vice chairman said Mr. Spanier was no longer president by mutual agreement and that Mr. Paterno had been fired.

Does anyone not understand that sexually abusing a child is a serious crime? Do organizations not comprehend after all this time that no matter who was the perpetrator, who their friends are or who they work for, the allegation must be reported to the cops?

No coverup. No sweeping it under the rug. No trying to counsel the offender. No treating it as "an internal matter". It is a law enforcement matter, just as though the alleged offender had walked into the office and shot somebody.