Penn State leaders disregarded victims, ’empowered’ Sandusky, review finds
By Susan Candiotti, Josh Levs and David Ariosto, CNN
State College, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Penn State’s most powerful leaders showed “total and consistent disregard” for victims of child sex abuse and failed to protect children, according to the findings of a long-awaited internal review over how the university handled a scandal involving its former defensive coordinator.
In fact, the report says several former officials “empowered” Jerry Sandusky to continue his abuse, and investigators say legendary head football coach Joe Paterno could have stopped the attacks had he done more.
In a statement released along with the 267-page report, Louis Freeh, the former FBI director and federal judge who spearheaded the review, blasted several top former officials at the school, accusing them of forging an agreement to conceal Sandusky’s attacks.
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