Penn St./Sandusky mess...Your morning update

Jerry Sandusky

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First of all, we are going to provide you with a couple of links here that we can't possibly encapsulate, but you really need to read.

The Harrisburg Patriot-News came out with a scathing editorial on the response, or lack of it, by Penn State officials in the Jerry Sandusky case.

You can read the editorial on Pennlive.com RIGHT HERE

And let's add this: The folks at the Patriot-News, who have done a fantastic job informing the public on this story has this.

They spoke to the mother's of two of Sandusky's alleged victims. The story, which encapsulates the effects of such a horrific crime, is riveting. And according to one of the mom's. Sandusky essentially admitted what happened to her. One of the early investigations, never moved forward.

Read the incredible story RIGHT HERE

Monday night, Pennsylvania law enforcement authorities came out firing too. State Police commissioner Frank Noonan said "This is not a case about football. It is not a case about universities. It's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from the and a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others."


And while football coach Joe Paterno is not legally responsible for anything in this, he is taking fire from almost everyone for not doing more than what he did. He did fulfill his obligation to report it to school administrators, but he didn't follow through. The question Noonan and others have..."What about the moral responsibility?"

What was interesting is that when questioned about the status of the administrators who didn't follow through, State Attorney General Linda Kelly was very direct about what they did wrong. When asked about the schools president Graham Spanier, she wouldn't say anything.

This afternoon should be an interesting test. Joe Paterno has his weekly media availability and there is already talk that Penn State has said he won't take questions about what happened but only game questions.

There is no way that will happen. If Penn State tries it, they will take an even bigger PR hit than they already have.

We will continue to monitor this story and will publish the Paterno press conference later this afternoon.

Here is some video of yesterday's Attorney General Presser from CBS21 in Harrisburg: