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01-14-2012, 11:00 PM
STATE COLLEGE, PA. â Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno says he âdidnât know which way to goâ after an assistant coach came to him in 2002 saying he had seen retired defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing a boy.
In his first public comments since being fired two months ago, Paterno told The Washington Post that assistant Mike McQueary âdidnât want to get specificâ about details in his 2002 allegation involving Sandusky, who he claimed was showering with a boy in the Penn State football facility.
The Post reported Saturday that Paterno was hesitant to make follow-up calls because he didnât want to be seen as trying to exert influence either for or against Sandusky.
âI didnât know which way to go ⦠And rather than get in there and make a mistake,â he told the Post before trailing off.
A day after he heard McQuearyâs allegation, Paterno reported it to his superiors. Paterno said he previously had âno inklingâ Sandusky might be a child molester.
Sandusky was criminally charged on Nov. 5 and faces dozens of counts. Paterno was ousted four days later after 46 years as head coach.
Paterno, 85, also is fighting lung cancer that was diagnosed days after his dismissal. He was re-admitted to the hospital Friday for observation for what his family called a minor complication from treatments. He has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. His condition improved Saturday morning, and he remained in the hospital, the family said.
The Post portrayed Paterno as frail from the cancer treatments and wearing a wig. Also recovering from a broken pelvis, Paterno spoke Thursday from a wheelchair at his kitchen table.
He said he was initially reluctant to speak because âI wanted everybody to settle down,â but the Post reported Paterno was so eager to defend his record that he insisted on continuing the interview from his bedside Friday morning, though ill.
Paterno, who testified before a grand jury investigating Sandusky, is not a target of the criminal probe.
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In his first public comments since being fired two months ago, Paterno told The Washington Post that assistant Mike McQueary âdidnât want to get specificâ about details in his 2002 allegation involving Sandusky, who he claimed was showering with a boy in the Penn State football facility.
The Post reported Saturday that Paterno was hesitant to make follow-up calls because he didnât want to be seen as trying to exert influence either for or against Sandusky.
âI didnât know which way to go ⦠And rather than get in there and make a mistake,â he told the Post before trailing off.
A day after he heard McQuearyâs allegation, Paterno reported it to his superiors. Paterno said he previously had âno inklingâ Sandusky might be a child molester.
Sandusky was criminally charged on Nov. 5 and faces dozens of counts. Paterno was ousted four days later after 46 years as head coach.
Paterno, 85, also is fighting lung cancer that was diagnosed days after his dismissal. He was re-admitted to the hospital Friday for observation for what his family called a minor complication from treatments. He has been undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. His condition improved Saturday morning, and he remained in the hospital, the family said.
The Post portrayed Paterno as frail from the cancer treatments and wearing a wig. Also recovering from a broken pelvis, Paterno spoke Thursday from a wheelchair at his kitchen table.
He said he was initially reluctant to speak because âI wanted everybody to settle down,â but the Post reported Paterno was so eager to defend his record that he insisted on continuing the interview from his bedside Friday morning, though ill.
Paterno, who testified before a grand jury investigating Sandusky, is not a target of the criminal probe.
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