In today's Centre Daily Times, my letter to the editor stated that Penn State should not move forward until it corrects the inaccuracies of the Freeh Report.
The inaccuracies of the report were quickly publicized in the
initial media coverage of the Freeh Report press conference. The media reported Freeh's statement as facts, without verifying them in the body of the report. However, as this Patriot News article reveals, even with the time to review the report, and in light of new evidence, the
erroneous information remained uncorrected.
Red text indicates erroneous statements.
Bold text explains why the statement is incorrect and/or unsupported by evidence.
By
Ray
Blehar
Penn State Freeh report: Highlights of
findings
By SARA GANIM, The Patriot-News
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on July 12, 2012 at 9:43 AM, updated January 21, 2013 at 12:34 PM
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on July 12, 2012 at 9:43 AM, updated January 21, 2013 at 12:34 PM
A team led by former FBI Director
Louis Freeh releases its findings into Penn State
University’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal
today. It alleges that Penn State officials, including coach Joe Paterno and
President Graham Spanier, worked to cover up Sandusky's crimes.
View
full sizeThe Freeh report on Penn State's handling of
the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse case was released today.
Report highlights:
-- Joe Paterno followed the 1998 police
investigation closely, contrary to his grand jury testimony and public
statements before he died.
UNSUPPORTED: There is
one email with the subject line, “Joe Paterno” from 1998 stating that Curley
has touched base with “coach.” That is
the entirety of the evidence of Paterno’s alleged knowledge of the 1998
incident. In no way does the evidence support that Paterno "followed the investigation closely."
-- Vice President Gary Schultz wrote in notes
questioning an opening of "Pandora's Box" and "More
children?" in 1998.
-- Penn State had more than 350 policies for
reporting crimes, but the structure was uneven.
