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Penn State sex abuse scandal investigation will continue
By Nicole Auerbach, USA TODAY
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania state officials investigating child sex
charges in connection to former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry
Sandusky are asking for help: They want anyone with information regarding
alleged victims to contact them.
At a news conference Monday, Attorney General Linda Kelly said her office's
grand jury investigation has identified six of the eight victims included in
the investigation. They would like to identify the other two - and hear from
any new victims.
One of the two unknown victims was involved in one of the most disturbing
pieces of the story.
According to the grand jury, a former Penn State graduate assistant said
he'd caught Sandusky subjecting a boy who appeared to be about 10 years old
to anal intercourse in the showers of the Penn State locker room in 2002.
"Today, as we stand here, we encourage that person - who is now likely to be
a young adult - to contact investigators in the attorney general's office,"
Kelly said. "We also encourage anyone else who has information related to
this case to please contact (us).
"We're determined to quickly respond to any new witnesses or any additional
information that may appear."
Kelly and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said the
pattern of sexual abuse, which led Kelly to call Sandusky a "child
predator," means there might be more victims than the eight in the grand
jury report. Noonan said he anticipates he will hear from new victims.
Sandusky met all the alleged victims through his charity organization, the
Second Mile, where he first encountered the boys, then used gifts such as
trips to Penn State football games to maintain contact. Victims' grand jury
testimony described overnight visits at Sandusky's home, where he made
physical contact. Other testimony included stories about showering with
Sandusky that made victims uncomfortable.
One victim's mother reported allegations of sexual abuse to her son's high
school in Clinton County, Pa., in 2009, which banned Sandusky from the
school district. The school reported the allegations to authorities,
prompting the investigation that has been happening for the past two years.
That chain of events stands in stark contrast to Penn State's inaction
following the alleged abuse in the locker room shower in 2002.
The grad assistant reported what he'd seen to football coach Joe Paterno,
who testified that he notified his superior, Penn State athletics director
Tim Curley. Curley and Gary Schultz, the university's senior vice president
for finance and business, met with the grad assistant a week and a half
later.
No further action was taken, and nobody reported the alleged abuse to
authorities.
Curley and Schultz were arraigned Monday for failing to report and also for
perjury related to their grand jury testimony.
"The sexual abuse of a child is a horrific offense that understandably
arouses strong emotions within all of us and can cause scars that last a
lifetime for its victims," Kelly said. "Failing to report sexual abuse of
children is a serious offense and a crime."
Said Noonan: "This is not a case about football. It's not a case about (the)
university. It's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen
from them and the culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from
happening to others."
Noonan said this investigation was particularly unusual because there were
multiple incidents from the late 1990s to 2009 - including the 2002 incident
with an adult eyewitness - where people were informed about possible child
abuse but didn't report it to the authorities.
"I don't think I've ever seen something like that before," Noonan said.
Noonan, like Kelly, used the news conference as a platform to reach out to
other potential victims of child abuse. He encouraged victims and anyone
with knowledge of sexual predators to contact the attorney general's office.
Noonan said the attorney general's office and state police are advocates for
victims of abuse, and those victims should feel safe reporting incidents.
"If there are any adults out there who may have knowledge about sexual
predators and crimes they are committing, they (shouldn't) be wondering what
their legal responsibility is," Noonan said. "What I want them to know is as
a human being, they have a responsibility.
"If you have that information, I believe it's your obligation to bring it
forward."