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.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?
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.
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.
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Time for the Penn State football program to be suspended from NCAA competition for a decade or two.
I wonder how many more molested and raped children would be acceptable to those "fans" protesting coach Paterno's firing. I realize he reported what he knew to his superiors, but when they did nothing he needed to do more, he should have called the police. Instead he allowed this pedophile to continue with his youth charity, which was actually a ruse to allow him access to more victims for years. He f#cked up big time.
And the students riot in support of Paterno:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/sports/ncaafootball/penn-state-students-in-clashes-after-joe-paterno-is-ousted.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
'cause, hey, sure lots of little boys got raped but, wow, we're talking FOOTBALL,
Sweet Jesus, how does a football player/coach not kick the ass of the rapist? How does the campus police NOT go and pick up the offender, how does saint Jo let the guy back on his campus?
No excuses NONE
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