Penn State leaders don't endorse Sandusky coverup findings

Jerry Sandusky, center, is taken from the Centre County Courthouse after being sentenced in Bellefonte, Pa., on Oct. 9, 2012.

A year after a scathing report criticized Penn State University's initial handling of child sexual abuse claims leveled against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, school leaders said Tuesday that they do not endorse key findings that coach Joe Paterno and three other university officials actively concealed information about Sandusky's behavior.

Keith Masser, chairman of the university's board of trustees, told USA TODAY's Editorial Board that conclusions about the motivations of Paterno, former university President Graham Spanier, former Athletic Director Tim Curley and former Vice President Gary Schultz detailed in a report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh amounted to "speculation.''  (more...)

Penn State leaders don't endorse Sandusky coverup findings