Why You Should Be Furious About The Penn State Child Rape Scandal

This is the horrific and damning story of Victim 2. From the Grand Jury Report into the alleged and repeated rape of young boys by former Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky. The report identifies at least 8 victims, but Victim 2 is the case that directly involved Head Coach Joe Paterno and the upper echelons of the Penn State hierarchy. The abuse that’s described, and the resultant cover up, is shocking.

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Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State defensive coordinator, being carried by players Dec. 28, 1999. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Jerry Sandusky arrives in handcuffs at the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot while being escorted by Pennsylvania State Police and Attorney General’s Office officials on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in State College, Pa. Sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight young men. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell)

Jerry Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell)

Mike McQueary, now an assistant coach with Penn State, has since been identified as the graduate assistant in the Grand Jury Report. In this Oct. 24, 2009 file photo, McQueary is shown on the sidelines in the second half of an NCAA college football game. (AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)

Jerry Sandusky, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General)

Penn State head coach Joe Paterno walks onto the field before the start of their NCAA football game in Columbus, Ohio, November 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Matt Sullivan)

Former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley enters a district judge’s office for an arraignment Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Harrisburg, Pa. Curley has been charged with perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania’s child protective services law in connection with the investigation into allegations involving former football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the state attorney general’s office said Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower)

Former Penn State vice president Gary Schultz enters the courtroom for his arraignment on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Harrisburg, Pa. Schultz and former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley have surrendered for an arraignment on charges of perjury and failure to report abuse surrounding allegations that former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys. (AP Photo/York Daily Record, Jason Plotkin)

Jerry Sandusky in an undated photo provided by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General)

Jerry Sandusky, Nov. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Commonwealth Media Services)

Jerry Sandusky on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Commonwealth Media Services)

Joe Paterno, September 23, 2006. (REUTERS/Ronnie Bianco)

Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno, Aug. 6, 1999. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File)

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    • angelaw6 a year ago

      How do you see a 10 yr old child being sodomized and not intervene? This, I believe, is psychopathic behavior, no?

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    • Nish a year ago

      I hate this so much. I hate that no one did anything. SO MANY PEOPLE KNEW THIS WAS GOING ON FOR SOOO LONG AND NOTHING WAS DONE.

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    • cybergata a year ago

      I love how you present this, but hate that it every happened. I have no doubt that there are are many other places that are being as shameful as Penn. State. Football is the god in too many colleges. My heart breaks for these kids.

    • darnellsmith a year ago

      Has anyone considered that the reason that Paterno and the coaching assistant didn’t find this such a big deal is because gay sex is common locker-room behavior in the football community.

    • kegstarz75 a year ago

      This whole mess at Penn State is a big mess and so disheartening. I am deeply trouble by the fact that McQueary did not what he was morally obligated to do:stop the rape. But I have read he will not be at their game on Saturday due to numerous threats and I can’t help but feel a little satisfaction that perhaps the one thing he coveted (his career) is over. I wonder if Penn State will keep him on and if they don’t, what school in their right mind would hire him? There are many “guilty” ones in this story, but let’s not forget the true MONSTER in this, Jerry Sandusky. My heart goes out to all victims of child abuse and I pray that Sandusky’s victims are not forgotten.

    • tylrtylr a year ago

      All of these people are sick and disturbed. How can you watch a child being raped and NOT do something? Something is so wrong with society right now.

    • izaya a year ago

      Coaching is spelled wrong in the first picture.. why.

    • IamMilania a year ago

      So they tried sweeping everything under the rug hoping to avoid a huge scandal. When has that ever worked for anyone? Schools with good football programs only have winning on the mind - they could care less if their players or coaches are doing anything illegal until they get caught by the authorities.

    • dandilioness a year ago

      anally not really

    • dandilioness a year ago

      How can u see a 10 year old being really raped & not do SOMETHING right then. If you don’t think you can handle the man physically then scream, run, bring attention to the area. Even if no one is around the man will prob stop right then… THEN GO CALL THE POLICE… THE MEDIA… GO WAKE UP JOE PA AT HOME… TAKE A PIC WITH YOUR CELL PHONE… It’s a child being raped for God’s sake… He LEFT THAT BABY THERE TO ENDURE GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG?

    • KelseyLee a year ago

      while the grad assistant did do the right thing by informing his supervisor, how the fuck did he just walk out of the locker room and leave that poor kid there?!?! I would have pulled that sorry piece of shit off of the child and beat him senseless… but no, he just walked out and left the child there. who knows what else happened to that child that night? how long he could have been there suffering…? The grad assistant just walked away and was like “ehhh i’ll call joe tomorrow”… what the hell is wrong with people?!?!

    • evang4 a year ago

      Sick fucken assholes should be sent to Guantanamo Bay for a daily intake cock meat sandwich for breakfast, second breakfast, Brunch, lunch, supper and dinner.

    • bearsfan34 a year ago

      Sad thing is, if this “human being” is convicted & sent to a PMITA prison, he’ll likely enjoy it. The RAGE I have about this, and am not even directly involved, is off the charts. It’s disgusting, testing my gag reflex literally, and I hope this “person” rots in hell.

    • dramageek03 a year ago

      Seriously! I completely agree with annihilist. Who walks in on a rape and doesn’t try to help?! Like did see it occur and back away slowly, while doing the *innocent whistling stroll*? WTH. I would like to think that anyone, especially an able bodied man would walk in, see baby rape (or any other kind of rape), and immediately proceed to beat the offender’s ass. Not call his higher ups….THE NEXT DAY. God seriously, he didn’t even think it warranted an emergency call his boss at home kind of call. The audacity astounds and sickens me.

    • annihilist a year ago

      The thing that amazes me is that the guy who saw this perverted freak abusing the kid, didn’t immediately pull him off the kid and hand him over to the cops, which is what any decent, right-minded person would and should do. Instead, he just walks away and lets the kid endure it. What the hell is that?

    • rachel707 a year ago

      The laws surrounding reporting need to be changed in PA. You can see how every level this report went through the details get lost. It is the responsibility of the witness to call 911. The police will inform CPS.

    • pasici a year ago

      rage.face.

    • John F. a year ago

      I didn’t need more rage today but another high profile pedophile case near my hometown just makes me furious. I have no sympathy for this piece of trash nor anyone fired because of their inaction. If that had been my child the Ag depart could have studied the effect of his remains on football field sod.

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