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Originally Posted by gargamel
Did you even read my post? We don't know that Paterno knew that Sandusky was a pedophile. You might assume it by filling in the ambiguities in the report, but we don't know it.
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You don't have to know someone is a pedophile to have a legal obligation to protect children, you just have to have reasonable grounds to suspect abuse, and that is for Joe Public, Paterno is an educator which brings with it an increased obligation here.
Paterno reported the incident to his superior, he therefore had reasonable grounds, up here that doesn't absolve you of your legal obligation.