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Message: [QUOTE="yalikePSU, post: 757120, member: 3678"] As a lawyer, then, I think you are aware that as an "educator," Paterno actually is not supposed to go to the police after hearing a second-hand account of an incident involving possible child abuse. He could have been fired, etc. His obligation was to tell his superiors. I believe it's in effect in order to protect teachers/educators from the accused. I may not have that 100% correct, but that's the jist of it. That is a state law which they are currently trying to fix. Not saying it's an excuse, but at the time, depending on what he was told, it could certainly be a deterrant. Something he'd done with any other incident. [/QUOTE]