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Jerry Sandusky trial postponed until June; jury may be sequestered

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 5:37pm

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Jerry Sandusky's trial on child abuse charges has been delayed until early June, and it appears the jury may be sequestered for the duration of the trial.

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In this Sept. 4, 2004 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno leads his team onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Akron in State College, Pa. Paterno, the longtime Penn State coach who won more games than anyone else in major college football but was fired amid a child sex abuse scandal that scarred his reputation for winning with integrity, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. He was 85.

PSU coach Joe Paterno dies

Genaro C. Armas The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 23, 2012 - 3:55pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where "JoePa" knew best, where he not only won more football games than any other major college coach, but won them the right way: with integrity and sportsmanship. A place where character came first, championships second.

Behind it all, however, was an ugly secret that ran counter to everything the revered coach stood for.

Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a century but scarred forever by the child sex abuse scandal that brought his career to a stunning end, died Sunday at age 85.

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Paterno speaks for 1st time since firing

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 5:09pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno says he “didn’t know which way to go” after an assistant coach came to him in 2002 saying he had seen retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing a boy.

In his first public comments since being fired two months ago, Paterno told The Washington Post that assistant Mike McQueary “didn’t want to get specific” about details in his 2002 allegation involving Sandusky, who he claimed was showering with a boy in the Penn State football facility.

The Post reported Saturday that Paterno was hesitant to make follow-up calls because he didn’t want to be seen as trying to exert influence either for or against Sandusky.

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Why sexual molesters can hide out in plain sight

Torsten Ove Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 2:38pm

Ken Lanning's college-age daughter recently suggested to him that something good may come out of the Penn State University scandal in that more people will be made aware of how acquaintance child molesters operate.

He told her he was a bit too jaded to believe that.

Lanning, a retired FBI profiler who wrote the analysis many police use in investigating child sex offenders, has seen all the big cases come and go.

Yet each time a new one surfaces, it floods the media for a while and everyone seems shocked.

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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, right, leaves the office of Centre County District Justice Daniel A. Hoffman under escort by Pennsylvania State Police and Attorney General's Office officials in Bellefonte, Pa., on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2011. Sandusky was arrested and jailed Wednesday on new child sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers, including one who claims Sandusky molested him numerous times in a basement bedroom, according to authorities. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell)

Sandusky posts bail in latest sex abuse charges

Genaro C. Armas, Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 11:19am

BELLEFONTE, Pa. -- Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky posted bail Thursday after spending a night in jail following a new round of sex-abuse charges filed against him.

Sandusky secured his release using $200,000 in real estate holdings and a $50,000 certified check provided by his wife, Dorothy, according to online court records. Sandusky remained at the facility as of midmorning and the warden said he was quiet and cooperative during his overnight stay.

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Sandusky arrested on new sex abuse charges

Genaro C. Armas, Marc Levy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 3:56pm

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested and jailed Wednesday on new child sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers, including one who claims Sandusky molested him numerous times in a basement bedroom, according to authorities.

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(ANDY COLWELL/The Associated Press) Former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, center, wearing handcuffs as he is escorted to the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot, in State College, Pa. A lawyer for a young man who accuses Sandusky of sexual abuse says he expects his client and at least five other alleged victims to testify at a preliminary hearing next week.

For Sandusky’s accusers, a chance to face him

Genaro C. Armas, Maryclaire Dale The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 8:35am

PHILADELPHIA — Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky could face several accusers after a lawyer for one young man said his client and at least five others were planning to testify at a preliminary hearing next week.

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First Penn State abuse lawsuit comes from new accuser

Maryclaire Dale The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 12:42pm

PHILADELPHIA -- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a boy more than 100 times, then threatened to harm his family to keep him quiet, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday that details new accusations not included in criminal charges against Sandusky.

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team's NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching, File)

Scandal puts Joe Paterno's rule in spotlight

Genaro C. Armas, Seanna Adox The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 11:14am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A Penn State administrator responsible for overseeing student discipline said former coach Joe Paterno did not have the authority to change his office's decisions when football players were sanctioned.

Joe Puzycki said Tuesday night in an email to The Associated Press that "we adjudicated athlete cases the same as we did any other student" -- though Paterno was vocal in sharing his opinions.

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Sandusky sex-abuse scandal emerged from a secretive Penn State

Ann Danahy, Franco Ordonez McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 9:46am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- From Penn State University's athletic department to the halls of its Old Main administrative building, the university long has sought to control the public's access to information about its inner workings.

It received $270 million from state taxpayers this year, but is able to choose whether to make details of its budget public.

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(JIM PRISCHING/The Associated Press) Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team’s NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. Former Penn State coach Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son. Scott Paterno says in a statement provided to The Associated Press by a family representative that the 84-year-old Joe Paterno is undergoing treatment and that “his doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”

Scandal leaves Paterno’s reputation in tatters

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 5:19pm

A half-century in the making, Joe Paterno’s impeccable reputation was shattered in a matter of days.

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FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2011 file photo, former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky sits in a car as he leaves the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot in State College, Pa. Sandusky, who is charged with sexually abusing eight boys in a scandal that has rocked the university, said in an telephone interview with Bob Costas Monday night on NBC News' "Rock Center" that there was no abuse and that any activities in a campus shower with a boy were just horseplay, not molestation. (AP Photo/The Patriot-News, Andy Colwell, File)

Penn State abuse scandal likely to spawn lawsuits

Genaro C. Armas, Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 18, 2011 - 10:39am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The full story about what happened in the Penn State child-sex abuse scandal will only come out through the civil lawsuits that now appear inevitable, and the matter raises novel and challenging legal issues, according to lawyers with experience in similar litigation.

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Police: Penn State asst. didn't tell us of abuse

Mark Scolforo The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 10:58am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn State police and their counterparts in State College said they had no record of a former graduate assistant reporting a sexual assault by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on a 10-year-old boy in a campus shower, a detail that runs counter to claims made in an email to former teammates.

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Email outlines reaction to alleged Sandusky attack

Genaro C. Armas, Mark Scolforo, Maryclaire Dale The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 11:27am

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A day after the former Penn State assistant football coach who is charged with sexual abuse of boys declared his innocence in a television interview, an email surfaced from a key witness against him, saying he stopped an alleged attack in the team's showers.

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For Catholic bishops, PSU scandal 'reopens wound in church'

Ann Rogers Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 12:31pm

At the Catholic bishops' annual meeting here, hallways have buzzed with talk about Penn State University's child sex abuse scandal.

Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the bishops conference, said he hopes that Penn State and other institutions learn from both the bishops' failings and their reforms.

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