Paterno Assistant’s Foundation Grew as Sex Allegations Persisted
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After being told at least twice that its founder may have engaged in questionable behavior with boys, a child-welfare organization kept the former Penn State assistant football coach on its payroll and expanded its fundraising and services to needy children, according to a grand-jury report and the group’s tax filings.
Jerry Sandusky, who as a former assistant to Penn State coach Joe Paterno formed the foundation called The Second Mile in 1977, used its events to meet young boys he later sexually abused, according to a grand-jury report released Nov. 5 by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office.