[WS:] Not really. They have to report to the Department of Public Welfare or to the person in charge of the institution per § 42.42. Suspected child abuse—mandated reporting requirements
http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/049/chapter42/s42.42.html
Wojtek
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have some familiarity with PA Child Protective Services Law aka
>> "mandated reporter law" and based on what I've seen in the press, Mr.
>> Paterno did exactly what that law stipulated - he reported his
>> suspicion to the authorities.
>
>
> We're talking about this same case, right?
>
> The grand jury summation describes one scene where Sandusky was caught
> raping 10-year-old "Victim Number 2" in the Penn State football team
> shower. The graduate student who witnessed it was "distraught" and
> "traumatised". Did he go to the police? No, he went directly to Joe
> Paterno's home. Paterno immediately turned the matter over to Athletic
> Director Tim Curley, and, for reasons I don't understand, Gary Schultz, the
> senior vice-president of finance and business. Curley and Schultz conferred
> and acted. According to the grand jury report, they sat Sandusky down and
> said that he could no longer use Penn State football facilities while
> accompanied by Second Mile children. That's it. Pennsylvania state law
> requires Curley, Schultz and Paterno to have reported the charges to the
> police. They didn't. [Curley and Schultz are being charged with perjury and
> obstruction. Paterno is not.]
>
> http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011118154325941206.html
>
> Defund the ratfuckers and let them hold bake sales to support their
>> operations.
>>
>
> Again from Zirin:
>
> The Nittany Lions football regularly draws 100,000 fans to Happy Valley.
> They also produce $50m in pure profit for the university every year, and
> has been listed as the most valuable team in the Big 10 conference. Another
> economic report held that every Penn State game pumps $59m into the local
> economy: from hotels to kids selling homemade cookies by the side of the
> road.
>
> --
> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen
> lytlað."
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