Paterno was removed from his position as head coach in november after it was alleged he knew of the abuse but failed to escalate the situation. Thanks to a number of recent email leaks, there has been much focus of late on joe paternos presumed role in penn states decision not to report jerry sandusky to child welfare authorities back. The penn state child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of. Freeh, who led a penn statefunded investigation into the universitys handling of molestation allegations against former assistant football coach. The freeh reports complete condemnation of penn states reaction to the sandusky scandalfrom the president, vice president, general counsel, the. In a january 2015 interview with the associated press, penn state president eric barron said, i have to say, im not a fan of the report. Victim one withdrew from central mountain high school due to bullying and the boys mother has stated that the high school did not do enough to prevent the fallout. Freeh has complete rein to follow any lead, to look into. Freeh report into penn state university internet archive. In one such document, written shortly after the penn state report s july 2012 release, a freeh employee wrote.
Special investigative counsel report regarding actions of penn state. The man who investigated the jerry sandusky scandal is calling for the spanier is suing freeh in centre county court over the freeh report. Coach joe paterno and the leaders at penn state repeatedly concealed critical facts. Joe paterno followed the 1998 police investigation closely, contrary to his grand jury testimony and public statements before he died. The freeh report on penn state university national. Review of the freeh report concerning joseph paterno by. Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of. The report was commissioned by penn states board of trustees. An internal probe into the penn state child sex abuse scandal found that top university officials concealed allegations of abuse by ex. The policy also requires all penn state employees working with children to go through a background check and training related to child abuse and reporting requirements. Following a sevenmonth investigation, the freeh report concluded. Freeh, who helped uncover what he alleged was a jerry sandusky coverup at the original freeh report did not paint a pretty picture, and it. The ncaa is looking at the freeh report to decide whether to sanction the penn state football program. Retrieved 20 repott on november 1,the pittsburgh postgazette and nbc news, citing sources close to the investigation, reported that spanier would be formally charged for his alleged role related to sanduskys crimes.
Critical analysis of the freeh report on the jerry sandusky scandal august 10, 2012 eileen morganpenn state 90 all words in black are verbatim from the freeh report my words in blue. Penn state officials reported today july 17 on the rapid and federal judge louis freeh in the aftermath of the child sexual abuse committed. Jesse arnelle, left, of the penn state board of trustees, as they leave the radison hotel in scranton, pa. This has opened up the opportunity to have the dialogue with ncaa president. This report is not for penn state and joe paterno advocates only. Freehs team interviewed more than four hundred and thirty people and looked at three and a half million pieces of electronic.
Freeh penn state report on sandusky pdf freeh penn state report on sandusky text. Freeh report derides total disregard for the safety and. The freeh report on penn state university internet archive. A report compiled by longstanding critics of louis freehs 2012 investigation into the sexabuse scandal at pennsylvania state university. Penn state leaders including late head football coach joe paterno concealed former assistant coach jerry sanduskys child sexual abuse for years, showing a total disregard for his victims, former fbi director louis freeh said in a report on thursday. Report of the special counsel the of to the child sexual. The freeh report is the result of an internal investigation launched shortly after sanduskys nov. Print pdf in the continuing fallout from the reprehensible jerry sandusky scandal, a pa appellate court rejected penn states attorneyclient privilege claim over documents that louis freehs law firm generated during its internal investigation. It dove into 24 of the 30 years of sanduskys time at penn state, dating back to 1975 further than the grand jury report. Louis freehs report on penn state will be released. The nsvrc supports the recommendations made to penn state in the freeh report.
Statement from university leadership and the board of trustees. The report by louis freeh on the independent investigation of penn state university surrounding the child abuse committed by jerry sandusky. Penn state alumni trustees attack freeh investigation into. Freeh found, officials did not know until recently that anyone but the campus police had that obligation, and the police paid. Freeh report calls for overhaul of the penn state way. Penn state alumni trustees attack freeh investigation into jerry.
Coach joe paterno and the leaders at penn state repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to jerry sanduskys child abuse to avoid bad. Full text of freeh report into penn state scandal chicago tribune. An asterisk indicates that the recommendation is being implemented or has been completed as of june 2012, per the freeh report. Freeh report psu pdf a group of penn state trustees on friday said they have finished their own investigation into the freeh report that led to ncaa sanctions and a. To date, pcar has assisted penn state in training over 2,000 university staff and volunteers on the appropriate response to suspected incidents of child sexual abuse and other forms of sexual violence. Penn state officials today provided an update on the 119 recommendations made to the university in a report by the freeh group, noting that more than onethird of the recommendations have been completed to date. Culture recommendation board committee university department status 1. Louis freeh report penn state pdf technology april 29, 2019 louis j. The freeh report lays out more than 100 bulleted recommendations, some in painstaking detail, on reforming pennsylvania state universitys operations, citing weaknesses in. The 267page, comprehensive report from judge louis freehs team. View full sizethe freeh report on penn states handling of the jerry.
In freeh report on sandusky, failures throughout penn. The figure whose reputation could suffer most from freehs report is paterno, the legendary penn state football coach. Fbi director louis freeh, whose report stated that penn states longtime head. Today with the report released by judge louis freeh, the penn state board of trustees delivered on the commitment we made last november when we engaged judge freeh to conduct an independent investigation into the universitys actions regarding former penn state employee, jerry sandusky, and the handling of. The freeh special investigations task force released on thursday covered 267 pages and is a summary of the investigation into the circumstances of penn states in the child abuse committed by. Freeh probe into penn state in the sandusky case will. Freeh, who five years ago produced a scathing report on the culpability of pennsylvania state university administrators in the jerry. The 267page, comprehensive report from judge louis freeh s team. The penn state board of trustees commissioned a report by a special investigative group headed by former fbi director louis freeh.
Freeh report accuses paterno, penn state of coverup. Culture organize a penn stateled effort to vigorously. His report also unanimously recommended that spaniers clearance be renewed, which, without objection, it was. The freeh report assigns nefarious reasons for the failures of penn state officials and the community to identify sandusky as a pedophile, says the 109page document, completed last year and obtained this month by the inquirer. July report on freeh recommendations shows quick action by penn state penn state university. Contrary to suggestions made in recent leaks to the media, the findings in louis freeh s investigation into penn state s culpability in the jerry sandusky child molestation.
The freeh report said senior leaders at penn state showed a total and consistent disregard for the child victims of jerry sandusky. A year after the reports issuance, the chairman of the penn state board of trustees, which had originally commissioned the report, said that freehs conclusions amounted to speculation. Officially titled report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of the pennsylvania state university related to the child sexual abuse committed by gerald a. There has been great collaboration and cooperation across all of our departments and organizations in addressing these recommendations, said penn state president. The court found that there was no attorneyclient relationship between penn state andkeep reading this pop post. If you thought pdf was the only way to read the freeh report, think again. This report reflects the trustees findings and focuses on the underlying causes of the. Special investigative counsel report regarding actions of. Freeh report released to public penn state university. Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of the pennsylvania state university related to the child sexual abuse committed by gerald a. The ncaa improperly relied on the freeh report in compelling penn state to enter into a.
Freeh says the most saddening and sobering finding from. Outrageously, former fbi director louis freeh was directly told of this verdict just before he completed his freeh report which concluded that penn state had indeed engaged in a coverup here. Complete investigative findings related to child sexual abuse committed by gerald a. None of the evidence cited by freeh supports a claim that paterno acted to conceal information about sandusky.
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