PENNSYLVANIA
CNBC
Penn State’s Joe Paterno, who became the winningest coach in big-time college football but saw his legacy tarnished by a child sex abuse scandal, died on Sunday at age 85.
Here are some reactions to Paterno’s death: …
MARCI HAMILTON, LAWYER FOR AN ALLEGED SANDUSKY
VICTIM IN A CIVIL CASE
“I honestly don’t think it (Paterno’s death) will have much impact on the civil or criminal cases.”
“So few people have ever talked with a child who has been sexually abused, they just don’t connect with the depth of the suffering.”
PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR TIM CORBETT:
“His legacy as the winningest coach in major college football and his generosity to Penn State as an institution and to his players, stand as monuments to his life.”
DAVID CLOHESSY, DIRECTOR OF SURVIVORS NETWORK OF
THOSE ABUSED BY PRIESTS, A SUPPORT GROUP:
“I hope … the controversy surrounding Sandusky will deter other people, especially powerful people, from covering up child sex crimes. Frankly, we believe that . even decades of professional achievement should not obscure dreadfully reckless and callous inaction that results in child sex crimes.”
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