We encourage them to go even further to ensure that the university becomes a more open, safe, and respectful environment for all people children, students, faculty, staff, volunteers, and visitors. Freeh, who five years ago produced a scathing report on the culpability of pennsylvania state university administrators in the jerry. Report to the board of trustees of the pennsylvania. The freeh report is uniformly biased against joe paterno. The nsvrc supports the recommendations made to penn state in the freeh report. On the evening of june 22,the jury reached its verdict, finding sandusky guilty on 45 of the 48 counts against him. Paterno family drops lawsuit against ncaa over freeh report. Freeh has complete rein to follow any lead, to look into every corner of. The criminal charges filed against these highly respected university and community leaders are unprecedented in the history of the university. A state judge ruled thursday that a group of penn state university trustees were entitled to access documents used by former fbi director louis freeh as he prepared a damning 2012 report over the. Special investigative counsel report regarding actions of. In addition, the parties have signed a joint notice of their understanding that, consistent with.
Louis joseph freeh born january 6, 1950 is an american attorney and former judge who served as the fifth director of the federal bureau of investigation from september 1993 to june 2001. A report compiled by longstanding critics of louis freehs 2012 investigation into the sexabuse scandal at pennsylvania state university asserts that the former fbi director didnt have the evidence to blame the schools football culture as he did, much less prove that its leaders knew of or conspired to cover up jerry sanduskys attacks on children. Special investigative counsel report regarding actions of penn state. The penn state child sex abuse scandal concerned allegations and subsequent convictions of.
A striking lack of empathy for child abuse victims by the most senior leaders of the university. Philadelphia, pa, july 12, 2012 louis freeh today issued prepared remarks in conjunction with todays publication of his report of the investigation into the facts and circumstances of the actions of the pennsylvania state university surrounding the child abuse committed by a former employee, gerald a. Spanier, who was indicted in november 2012 for his role in the alleged coverup, has since launched a defamation suit against louis freeh and the university over statements in the report that he. On november 4, 2011, the attorney general filed criminal charges against the. The freeh report the report by louis freeh on the independent investigation of penn state university surrounding the child abuse committed by jerry sandusky. Review of the freeh report concerning joseph paterno by. Coach joe paterno and the leaders at penn state repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to jerry sanduskys child abuse to avoid bad. The report compiled by a team led by former fbi director louis freeh accuses school officials, including late coach joe paterno, of covering up the abuse to avoid bad publicity. The freeh reports damning conclusions about penn states. The information in this report was gathered under the applicable attorney. Penn state trustees win access to freeh report documents.
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. Penn state alumni trustees attack freeh investigation into jerry. Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of the criminal charges against him. 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. As of the date of this report, the charges against curley and schultz have not been heard by the court. Late penn state football coach joe paternos family dropped a lawsuit friday against the ncaa over its use of a report in the jerry sandusky child molestation. Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of. Police corruption, toxic culture detailed in fmpd audit. Appendix items a and b download pdf have been withheld from the public since the freeh report audit was released back in february. Lee deputy implicated in withheld freeh group documents.
Semgroup examiner pins collapse on former execs reuters. It is important to note here that the entire basis of the conclusions in freehs report. The best way to preserve the positive uses of the internet is to ensure that it is not a sanctuary for pedophiles, child pornographers, and others who prey upon children. They seethed at the ncaa sanctions, fumed at freehs report, and ran en masse for alumni seats on the board. The freeh report on penn state university national.
Freeh report into penn state university internet archive. Freeh report on penn states handling of jerry sanduskys. Former penn st players say freeh report flawed cbs news. Report of the special investigative counsel regarding the actions of the pennsylvania state university related to the child sexual abuse committed by. The report by louis freeh on the independent investigation of penn state university surrounding the child abuse committed by jerry sandusky. Quite literally, it would be difficult to find a more suspect investigative history from. A report on the nations youth is a starting point in better understanding what our children are facing online. 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. The 267page, comprehensive report from judge louis freehs team. 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. For the authors of the report, there are no gray areas. They ascribe motives to people they never met or interviewed.
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