Penn State Leaders Disregarded Safety, Report Says (Video)

Former FBI director Judge Louis Freeh released his report investigating Penn State's invlovement in Jerry Sandusky's recent child sex scandal, saying that the "most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky’s child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State."

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"The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized," Freeh said in a statement on Thursday. "Messrs. [University Presdient Graham] Spanier, [University Vice President Gary] Schultz, [head football coach Joe] Paterno and [Athletic Director Tim] Curley never demonstrated, through actions or words, any concern for the safety and well-being of Sandusky’s victims until after Sandusky’s arrest."

Freeh's report, which included over 400 interviews of current and former Penn State employees, as well as "3.5 million emails," found that Paterno "failed to take any action" despite being made aware of an initial 1998 investigation into Sandusky's alleged child abuse. 

"At the very least, Mr. Paterno could have alerted the entire football staff, in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the Lasch Building," he said in his release. "Messrs. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley also failed to alert the Board of Trustees about the 1998 investigation or take any further action against Mr. Sandusky."

Schultz is a 1967 graduate of Nazareth High School.

The full report accompanies this article as a PDF or the full report can be viewed here.

A press conference about the report will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday. Check back with Patch for more details.