Penn State University - Jerry Sandusky Case
I recently watched a documentary on Netflix (entitled Happy Valley) regarding the Jerry Sandusky case. At the end it mentioned that several University officials would stand trial in 2015 for their part in covering up the Sandusky affair by not reporting it to the police.
Removed University President Graham Spanier is charged with several criminal counts for his part in the cover up.
The quote below is from the article here,
“Four days after Sandusky’s arrest in November 2011, he was out. Penn State’s board of trustees either dismissed Spanier or, as he contends, he resigned first. A year later, after Sandusky was convicted, Spanier, a sociologist whose academic background is in family and marital studies, was charged with eight criminal counts, including child endangerment, perjury and conspiring to cover up Sandusky’s crimes. The charges were as shocking in their own way as those brought against Sandusky. Spanier had ruled over an empire: about 45,000 students on a stately, sprawling main campus in State College; another 40,000 at locations around the state; an annual budget exceeding $4 billion. In order to protect the reputation of the university and its vaunted football program, according to the charges against him, he let a pedophile roam free.”
The similarities between the Penn State case and Watchtowers silence regarding it's own pedophiles is remarkable.
- Endangering children by not reporting to the authorities.
- Perjury (by elders who testified before the Australian Royal Commission, and perhaps others).
- Conspiring to cover up.
- Protecting the reputation of the University (or the Organization in the case of Watchtower).
- Letting pedophiles roam free.
