// Three chances Penn State had to stop Jerry Sandusky, but didn’t//

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  • one Even before the first reports of sexual abuse, Jerry Sandusky was reported as regularly taking showers with young boys in Penn State’s Lasch Building. No coaches intervened, nor did they inform their supervisors of what they witnessed.
  • two In May 1998, a report of a possible sexual assault by Sandusky surfaced. Despite former Penn State VP Gary Schultz expressing concern — “Is this opening of pandora’s box? Other children?” — the investigation was dropped a month later.
  • three The widely-reported 2001 incident when assistant coach Mike McQueary caught Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy in the shower. “You did what you had to do,” Joe Paterno reportedly told him. “It’s my job now to figure out what we want to do.” source

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