Pedophile protector Penn State coach Joe Paterno dead at 85…

01-22-2012 | 0 Comments | Izzoiz

State College, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Joe Paterno, whose tenure as the most successful coach in major college football history ended abruptly in November amid allegations that he failed to respond forcefully enough to a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant, died Sunday, a family spokesman said. He was 85.

“It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today,” the family statement said. “His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled.”

I am sure the victims and the families of the children that were molested don’t agree with that statement. Think of the void in THEIR lives…The family should not even have released a statement. How disgusting.

In October, state authorities charged two university officials with misleading investigators and failing to report alleged sexual abuse in 2002, after a Penn State assistant told a grand jury he saw former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky performing what appeared to be anal sex on a boy in a shower at the football complex.

The assistant reported it to Paterno the next day, who said he passed the report along to then-Athletic Director Tim Curley and another university executive, Gary Schultz.

Curley and Schultz left their positions shortly after the grand jury report was revealed. The next month, the university fired Paterno and Penn State President Graham Spanier.

At the time, he said in a statement released by his son, Scott Paterno, that he was “distraught” over the sex abuse scandal.

In an interview with the Washington Post published January 14, Paterno said that he felt inadequate to deal with the allegations.

“I didn’t know exactly how to handle it and I was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was,” the Post quoted him as saying. “So I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did. It didn’t work out that way.”

Yeah right. Your going to tell me a man with his power felt “inadequate” to deal with the allegations? He was the head coach of one of the most successful college teams. He was top dog, he ruled supreme. It was all about not wanting to tarnish Penn State’s name and the millions that were at stake.  Please insult us with something we would remotely believe…

via Legendary Penn State coach Paterno dead at 85 – CNN.com.

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