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Originally Posted by psusue
This article is one I wanted to share...
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Interesting article which does bring up the "chain of command" for reporting such horrible crimes. However, any institution- from church, to workplace to universities- which has this type of procedure no doubt relies on the good faith that the person whose role it is to contact authorities actually follows through and does just that.
Therefore, I fully disagree with the author of that article that Joe Paterno did all that he was expected to do. He may have initially followed protocol, if such a system was in place at Penn State. However, he became just as guilty as the other filthy pond scum when he did not pursue the matter when it was evident that a crime report had not been filed. He was aware a crime had happened, and he was futher aware that there had been ZERO follow up on it from a criminal investigation standpoint. At that time to hell with any institutional policies, you call authorities immediately.
I predict he resigns within the week.