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Curley refers to a meeting scheduled that day with Spanier and indicates they apparently discussed the Sandusky incident two days earlier.
Curley indicates he no longer wants to contact child welfare authorities just yet. He refers to a conversation the day before with Paterno. It's not known what Paterno may have said to Curley.
Curley writes: "After giving it more thought and talking it over with Joe yesterday, I am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps."
The athletic director apparently preferred to keep the situation an internal affair and talk things over with Sandusky instead of notifying the state's child welfare agency to investigate Sandusky's suspicious activity.
"I am having trouble with going to everyone, but the person involved," Curley allegedly continues.
Curley writes he'd be "more comfortable" meeting with Sandusky himself and telling him they know about the 2001 incident and -- according to a source with knowledge of the case -- refers to another shower incident with a boy in 1998 that was investigated by police, but never resulted in charges against Sandusky.
Curley writes to Penn State's president Spanier that he wants to meet with Sandusky, tell him there's "a problem," and that "we want to assist the individual to get professional help."
In the same purported e-mail provided to CNN, Curley goes on to suggest that if Sandusky "is cooperative," Penn State "would work with him" to tell Second Mile. If not, Curley states, the university will inform both Second Mile and outside authorities.
Sandusky's 'make-believe world'
Curley adds that he intends to inform Sandusky that his "guests" won't be allowed to use Penn State facilities anymore.
"What do you think of this approach?" Curley allegedly wrote to Spanier.
About two hours later, Spanier responded to Curley in another e-mail and copied Schultz. Spanier allegedly called the plan "acceptable", but worries whether it's the right thing to do, according to two sources.

Yep, it's gone from Holy Joe to Holy S**T. One of the Penn State administrators will definitely look for a plea deal now, or end up doing 10-15 years in jail. When one of them breaks, then the whole sordid story will be told. I think from the very beginning, siome of us knew it was going to get very rancid and ugly and Joe Paterno will be known as trash after it's all over.


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I don't think I want to read that article.  Maybe it's dumb, but I want to remember the young Paterno back when he was competing with Coach Bryant's teams.

And, yes, the young Elvis too.  The world was a better place then.

I have lost a lot of respect for Paterno with everything I have heard since this came out. It appears he at least knew of Sandusky's doings and did basically nothing; it looks probably like he conspired to cover the mess up to protect him. I am betting that the three who are still alive would have done something different if Paterno would have shown some leadership.

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Bingo, you nailed it perfectly. All Paterno cared about was being the winningest coach in history, period. He got old and lost touch with what was important in life and he ruled athletics at Penn State like a dictator and nobody was going to challenge him.


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Any confirmation that Paterno was involved in the decision not to report the shower assault won't matter to 1966 Penn State alumnus Michael S. Kirschner, a Bryn Mawr businessman and who chaired the Paterno Library board.

''To me it doesn't, because I love the man. I learned from him, and I can walk from my home in Philadelphia to Penn State in the footsteps of mistakes I've made,'' Kirschner said. ''The legacy of those of us who believed in him will not be tarnished. No matter what.''

The kool-aid drinkers are out in force for Paterno. I'm glad he's so proud of a child rapist enabler.