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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State plans to renovate the building where Jerry Sandusky sexually molested boys.

University spokesman David La Torre said Friday that Penn State plans to remodel the football shower and locker room area as a direct result of Sandusky's crimes. The former defensive coordinator was convicted of assaulting some of his victims in the team shower.

La Torre says renovation plans to the Lasch Football Building were drawn up shortly after Sandusky's arrest in November. But he says Penn State can't move forward until all legal proceedings in the case are over.

Penn State President Rodney Erickson says there have been discussions about Lasch building renovations between Athletic Director David Joyner and new Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials buried child sexual abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago to avoid bad publicity, according to a scathing report Thursday that exposed a powerful "culture of reverence" for the football program and portrayed the Hall of Fame coach as more deeply involved in the scandal than previously thought.

The alleged cover-up by Paterno, then-university President Graham Spanier and two other Penn State administrators allowed Sandusky to prey on other boys for years, said the report by former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who was hired by the university's trustees to investigate.

He called the officials' behavior "callous and shocking."

"Our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky's child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State," Freeh said at a news conference in Philadelphia upon the release of the 267-page report. "The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized."

The findings of the eight-month investigation into one of the biggest scandals in the history of college sports could further stain Paterno's reputation. The revered coach who emphasized integrity both on and off the field and ran what was considered one of the cleanest programs in sports died of lung cancer in January at age 85, months after he was summarily fired by the trustees.

Freeh said that while he regretted the damage the findings would do to Paterno's "terrific legacy," the coach "was an integral part of this active decision to conceal" and his firing was justified.

Asked whether the actions of the four officials amounted to a crime such as conspiracy or obstruction, Freeh said that would be up to a grand jury.

In a statement, Paterno's family vehemently denied he protected Sandusky for fear of bad publicity.

"The idea that any sane, responsible adult would knowingly cover up for a child predator is impossible to accept. The far more realistic conclusion is that many people didn't fully understand what was happening and underestimated or misinterpreted events," the family said. "Sandusky was a great deceiver. He fooled everyone."

The report could have consequences for the criminal case against Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and retired senior vice president Gary Schultz, who are awaiting trial on charges of lying to a grand jury and failing to report abuse.

Freeh and his team, which included lawyers and former law enforcement officials, interviewed more than 430 people and reviewed more than 3.5 million emails, handwritten notes and other documents. Paterno died before he could be interviewed but testified before a grand jury.

Sandusky is awaiting sentencing after being convicted last month of sexually abusing 10 boys over 15 years.

The investigation focused largely on the university officials' decision not to go to child-welfare authorities in 2001 after a graduate coaching assistant told Paterno that he had seen Sandusky - a former assistant coach himself - sexually abusing a boy in the locker room showers.

Paterno and the others gave various explanations for their decision, saying among other things that they misunderstood the allegations, that they did the best they could and that this was the "humane" way to handle the matter.

But the Freeh report said: "It is more reasonable to conclude that, in order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity, the most powerful leaders at the university - Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley - repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse from authorities, the university's board of trustees, the Penn State community and the public at large."

A number of other factors contributed to the decision to keep quiet, the report found, including "a culture of reverence for the football program that is ingrained at all levels of the campus community."

Spreading the blame around, the report also said the trustees failed to exercise oversight and didn't inquire deeply into the matter when they finally learned of it.

Spanier's lawyers Thursday denied Spanier took part in a cover-up and said Freeh's conclusion "is simply not supported by the facts." Spanier was ousted along with Paterno four days after Sandusky's arrest last November.

An attorney for Curley had no immediate comment, and a lawyer for Schultz did not return messages.

Freeh said officials had opportunities in 1998 and 2001 to step in.

In 1998, police investigated after a woman complained that her son had showered with Sandusky. The investigation did not result in charges. But the emails show Paterno closely followed the 1998 case, Freeh said. University officials took no action at the time to limit Sandusky's access to campus.

Then, after the 2001 report of Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in the showers, university officials barred him from bringing children to campus but decided not to report him to child-welfare authorities.

Some of the most damning evidence against Paterno consists of handwritten notes and emails that portray him as deeply involved in that decision. According to the report, Spanier, Schultz and Curley drew up an "action plan" that called for reporting Sandusky to the state Department of Public Welfare. But Curley later said in an email that he changed his mind about the plan "after giving it more thought and talking it over with Joe." Instead, Curley proposed to offer Sandusky "professional help."

In an email, Spanier agreed with that course of action but noted "the only downside for us is if the message isn't (heard) and acted upon and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it."

Freeh suggested it was Paterno's intervention that kept administrators from going to authorities. "Based on the evidence, the only known intervening factor ... was Mr. Paterno's Feb. 26 conversation with Mr. Curley," Freeh said.

Michael Boni, a lawyer for a boy known as Victim 1, called the report a "serious indictment against Penn State's culture and environment of protecting at all costs the football program." He added: "Nothing is shocking anymore in this case ... but the fact that the highest levels of the school made a conscious decision to cover up what Sandusky had done, it comes close. It is shocking."

Karen Peetz, chairwoman of the trustees, said the board "accepts full responsibility for the failures that occurred." She said the panel believes Paterno's "61 years of excellent service to the university is now marred" by the scandal.

The report chronicled a culture of silence that extended from the president down to the janitors in the football building. Even before 1998, football staff members and coaches regularly saw Sandusky showering with boys but never told their superiors about it. In 2000, after a janitor saw Sandusky performing oral sex on a boy in the team shower, he told his co-workers. None of them went to police for fear of losing their jobs.

Reporting the assault "would have been like going against the president of the United States in my eyes," a janitor told Freeh's investigators. "I know Paterno has so much power, if he wanted to get rid of someone, I would have been gone." He went on to assert that "football runs this university."

According to the report, Sandusky was permitted to retire from the university in 1999 "not as a suspected child predator but as a valued member of the Penn State football legacy" - thus ensuring his access to football events and campus facilities. That, in turn, "provided Sandusky with the very currency that enabled him to attract his victims."

Sandusky received what Freeh called an unprecedented lump sum of $168,000 when he retired. But the former FBI chief said there was no evidence it was an attempt by the university to buy Sandusky's silence.

The report could influence investigations under way at the NCAA and at the U.S. Education Department, which is examining whether the university violated the Clery Act, a federal law that requires reporting of certain crimes on campus. The Freeh report said the Penn State apparently failed to comply with the law. Neither the Education Department nor the NCAA would comment directly on the report.

George Enteen, 79, a retired professor of Russian history, called the Freeh report a "terrible mark" on the character of Paterno, a man he otherwise respected as someone who raised a lot money for Penn State and elevated the school's reputation and academic quality.

"The worst suspicions were borne out," Enteen said. Paterno, he added, "was the key figure. If he had said, 'Report it,' they would have." But he said: "It doesn't negate all the good things he did."

Christian Beveridge, a masonry worker who grew up near Penn State, said the findings will damage Paterno's legacy.

"He built this town," Beveridge said. "All of his victories, he'll be remembered by everyone in town for a long time, but there will be that hesitation."

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Armas reported from Scranton and Scolforo from Harrisburg. Associated Press writers Michael Rubinkam, Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Marc Levy in State College and Maryclaire Dale and Randy Pennell in Philadelphia contributed to this report.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - A lawyer for an adopted son of Jerry Sandusky says the man has told authorities the former Penn State assistant football coach abused him.

Matt Sandusky is one of Jerry Sandusky's six adopted children.

His lawyer issued a statement Thursday naming Matt Sandusky and saying that the 33-year-old had been prepared to testify on behalf of prosecutors at his father's sex abuse trial.

The statement says Matt Sandusky is "a victim of Jerry Sandusky's abuse," but doesn't go into specifics.

The statement came after jurors began deliberating 48 charges against the ex-coach. Prosecutors say Sandusky met the 10 sex-abuse victims through his charity.

Lawyers for Matt and Jerry Sandusky and prosecutors did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Matt Sandusky's lawyer says his client met with investigators very recently.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Jerry Sandusky's defense attorney says the former Penn State assistant football coach is a victim of lawyers and accusers with financial motives and a legal system that thought he was guilty before he was even charged.

In his closing argument Thursday, Joe Amendola said investigators determined Sandusky was a dangerous sex offender as far back as 2008, then coached his alleged victims to give accusatory statements.

Amendola says there are no winners in this case. Even if Sandusky is acquitted, he says his client's life has already been destroyed, as have the reputations of many, including Joe Paterno.

Sandusky is charged with 48 criminal counts involving the alleged sexual abuse of 10 boys.

Prosecutors are to present their closings next. They say Sandusky is a pedophile who preyed on vulnerable boys.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Jerry Sandusky's attorneys are trying to link the evolving testimony of accusers to details investigators shared with them during interviews.

The defense is trying to demonstrate the eight alleged victims could have been reacting to seeds planted by investigators when they said they had been sexually abused by the former Penn State assistant football coach.

A retired state police corporal initially said Tuesday that he did not recall sharing details of specific sex acts with accusers. But defense attorney Joe Amendola read him an interview transcript where he told one accuser that police had received reports of oral sex and rape involving Sandusky.

Sandusky is charged with 51 counts involving 10 boys. He denies the allegations.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - One of Jerry Sandusky's alleged victims says he was sexually abused as a young teenager on campus and then in hotel saunas, starting with showers that turned into oral sex.

Prosecutors call the witness Victim No. 4. The man, now 28, spoke calmly and firmly when questioned by lead prosecutor Joseph McGettigan III.

Sandusky sat still during the testimony Monday as the man explained that he began showering with the former Penn State assistant football coach in 1997.

He says what began as "soap battles" escalated into inappropriate touching and oral sex.

The man says he met Sandusky through The Second Mile charity that the assistant coach founded. He says that he received letters from Sandusky, too, including one on Penn State letterhead.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - The attorney for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky tells jurors that the young men who will testify in his high-prolife child sex abuse trial are accusers, not victims.

Defense attorney Joe Amendola also told jurors in his opening statement Monday that the three-year investigation into his client indicates how flimsy the prosecution's case is against Sandusky. He also says some of the young men have a financial interest in his case.

Amendola told jurors they may find it odd that Sandusky acknowledged showering with young boys but said there was nothing criminal about his client's actions.

Earlier, prosecutors told the panel of seven woman and five men Sandusky was a "predatory pedophile" who groomed boys from broken homes for sexual contact.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse case is denying a request to have the charges dismissed on the eve of his trial.

Judge John Cleland issued a three-paragraph order on Friday that means all 52 charges remain in effect with opening statements to start Monday.

Sandusky's attorney wanted all charges thrown out or at least a hearing to see if some charges were supported by sufficient facts.

The retired assistant Penn State football coach is accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year span. He denies the allegations.

A panel of seven women and five men was selected during two days of jury selection earlier this week.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - A defense lawyer for Jerry Sandusky has told The Associated Press that three jurors have been picked for the trial.

Karl Rominger, who is helping with Sandusky's legal defense along with Joe Amendola, said Tuesday that three jurors had been picked so far.

Jury selection began earlier in the day with some 220 people reporting for jury selection.

Judge John Cleland is overseeing the process that, when done, will have 12 juror and four alternates.

Jurors are being chosen from people who live in the State College area, where Penn State's main campus is located. Sandusky faces 52 criminal counts for alleged abuse of 10 boys, charges he denies.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State's trustees say late coach Joe Paterno's failure to follow up on a sexual abuse allegation against former assistant Jerry Sandusky "constituted a failure of leadership" that ultimately led to his firing in November.

A report issued Monday by the trustees says the board ultimately decided to fire Paterno after learning the details of his testimony before a grand jury when charges were filed against Sandusky.

The report also says the board decided to fire Paterno by phone because his home was surrounded by media and they deemed there was no "dignified, private and secure way" for trustees to meet with him in person.

Paterno died of lung cancer in January.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - The judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky's child sex-abuse case promised quick rulings on several issues, including a request from the former Penn State assistant that he be able to see his grandchildren.

Judge John Cleland set a tentative trial date of May 14 for Sandusky on 52 criminal counts related to allegations of sexual contact involving 10 young boys.

He did not immediately rule on Sandusky's request to access to his grandchildren or a request from prosecutors seeking stricter limits on his movements.

Prosecutors say neighbors have complained about Sandusky watching children playing in a nearby schoolyard from his back deck.

The former Penn State assistant coach briefly took the stand to answer questions from Cleland about the prosecution request for an out-of-county jury. Sandusky said a Centre County jury would be no more or less biased against him than one from elsewhere in Pennsylvania.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A judge says two Penn State officials can be tried on charges of lying to a grand jury in the university's child sex-abuse scandal.

District Judge William Wenner ruled Friday that prosecutors had probable cause to send the case against Tim Curley and Gary Schultz to trial.

Wenner heard testimony against Curley and Schultz on charges they lied to a grand jury and didn't properly report an allegation that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sodomized a boy in a locker room shower in 2002.

Their lawyers maintain the men are innocent, and contest testimony that they were told about the seriousness of the matter.

Sandusky says he's innocent of more than 50 counts of child sex-abuse involving 10 boys over a span of 12 years.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A Penn State assistant football coach is testifying against two school officials accused of lying to a grand jury about sex-abuse allegations against former coach Jerry Sandusky.

Mike McQueary is the only known adult to tell grand jurors that he witnessed Sandusky sexually abusing a child.

Tim Curley and Gary Schultz are in a Pennsylvania courtroom Friday for a preliminary hearing on charges they lied to the grand jury and didn't properly report the abuse allegations. Their lawyers say they're innocent, and the judge must decide whether state prosecutors have enough evidence to send the case to trial.

McQueary told the grand jury he saw Sandusky sodomize a boy in a locker room shower in 2002 and later reported what he saw to Curley and Schultz.

Sandusky says he's innocent.

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has arrived at a courthouse in Pennsylvania where he'll face his accusers in the child sex-abuse case against him.

Sandusky is charged with more than 50 counts of child sex-abuse involving 10 boys over a span of 15 years. A judge will decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to send the case to trial.

The 67-year-old Sandusky acknowledges showering with boys but says he didn't molest them and vows to fight the charges. Investigators say he met the boys through a charity he founded to help troubled children.

As Penn State's longtime defensive coordinator, he was the one-time heir apparent to Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. Sandusky unexpectedly retired in 1999.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A lawyer says no plea talks are under way on the eve of Tuesday's preliminary hearing in the Penn State child sex-abuse case.

Jerry Sandusky's lawyer, Joe Amendola, tells The Associated Press that the former defensive coordinator for Penn State's football team isn't negotiating a plea. Sandusky is charged with more than 50 counts of child sex-abuse involving 10 boys he met through his children's charity.

Amendola says Sandusky is eager to hear from the accusers at Tuesday's preliminary hearing in Bellefonte, near State College.

The 67-year-old Sandusky was once the heir apparent to coach longtime football coach Joe Paterno. The scandal has cost Paterno his job.

Two other school officials charged with perjury and failure to report abuse face a preliminary hearing Friday in Harrisburg.

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BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) - Ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is out of jail after posting bail a day after being hit with new child sex abuse charges.

Sandusky left a Pennsylvania county jail Thursday in a grey sedan after securing his release with $200,000 in real estate holdings and a $50,000 certified check provided by his wife.

Under the terms of his release, Sandusky will be subject to electronic monitoring.

Sandusky was jailed Wednesday on 12 new charges of child sex abuse after a grand jury report released details of testimony from two new alleged victims. In all, Sandusky faces more than 50 charges and is accused of molesting 10 different boys.

He maintains his innocence.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Jerry Sandusky has been taken to a Pennsylvania county jail after being unable to post $250,000 bail in cash.
The former Penn State assistant coach was jailed Wednesday after a brief court hearing.
Sandusky faces new charges based on the testimony of two new accusers, including one who claims Sandusky molested him numerous times in a basement bedroom at Sandusky's home. He already faced 40 counts of child sex abuse involving eight young boys over a 15-year span.
Sandusky lawyer Joseph Amendola says his client maintains his innocence.
Senior Magisterial District Judge Robert E. Scott said if Sandusky does make bail, he will be under house arrest and subject to electronic monitoring.
Prosecutors had sought $1 million in bail.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - The NCAA has told Penn State it will investigate the school in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal that has shocked the campus, and cost its former president and coach Joe Paterno their jobs.

NCAA president Mark Emmert sent a letter to Penn State president Rod Erickson saying that the governing body for college sports will examine "Penn State's exercise of institutional control over its intercollegiate athletics programs" in the case of Jerry Sandusky, the former defensive coordinator accused of serial child sex abuse.

Penn State released the letter Friday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top Democrat on the House education committee is calling for a hearing on the sex abuse scandals at Penn State and The Citadel.

Rep. George Miller, a California Democrat, told Committee Chairman John Kline that the hearing should look at whether changes are needed in federal laws designed to protect children and students.

At Penn State, Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach, is charged with abusing eight children over a 15-year period. University officials have been criticized for not alerting police.

The Citadel's president acknowledged this week that the South Carolina military college lost public trust by not aggressively pursuing a 2007 report of sexual abuse allegedly committed at its former summer camp by an ex-counselor.

Kline, a Minnesota Republican, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

The chief administrative officer of the Rose Bowl says if Penn State wins the Big Ten title, the Nittany Lions will be "embraced" by the bowl.
Kevin Ash said Thursday that the Rose Bowl would let the Big Ten or Pac 12 decide if there is a reason its champion shouldn't play in Pasadena.
Ash says, "Whoever the champions are we'll welcome with open arms."
There have been calls for Penn State to decline a bowl bid in the aftermath of the child sex-abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. The scandal led to the firings of coach Joe Paterno and the school president.
However, last week new Penn State president Rod Erickson said the expectation is that Nittany Lions will play in a bowl game.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A new judge has been assigned to handle Jerry Sandusky's preliminary hearing next month on charges that the former Penn State assistant football coach sexually abused eight boys over 15 years.

The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts said Wednesday that Robert E. Scott, a senior district judge in Westmoreland County, would take over the case after Centre County court officials sought an out-of-county jurist.

A statement by the court system says Scott, on the bench since 1964, has no known connections to Penn State or The Second Mile charity Sandusky founded for at-risk children.

The case previously had been assigned to District Judge Leslie Dutchcot, who donated to The Second Mile in 2009. She set Sandusky's bail at $100,000, unsecured.

The hearing is Dec. 7.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - The president of the charity linked to the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal says he's resigned.

The Board of Directors of The Second Mile says it accepted Dr. Jack Raykovitz's resignation Sunday.

In a statement the charity says Raykovitz had been CEO of the charity for 28 years. The vice-chairman of the organization, David Woodle, will now be in charge of day-to-day operations.

Second Mile founder Jerry Sandusky is facing multiple child abuse charges. The Second Mile says it will be conducting an internal investigation of its programs.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A major credit agency warns that Penn State University's bond rating could be downgraded because of risks to its reputation and finances from a child sex abuse scandal.

Moody's Investors Service said Friday it has put the university's Aa1 bond rating under review for a possible downgrade after ex-coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with molesting eight children over a 15-year period.

Moody's will assess the potential impact on Penn State of risks from possible lawsuits, a decline in students applying to attend the school, loss of donations from philanthropies and changes in its relationship with the state.

Its strong current bond rating reflects its attractiveness to prospective students, its respected academic program and status as the state flagship and land grant university. That's drawn out-of-state students paying high tuition rates.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary, a key witness in the child sex abuse scandal that has engulfed the school, has been placed on administrative leave.

School president Rod Erickson announced the move Friday, a day after the school said McQueary would not be present when the Nittany Lions play Nebraska on Saturday because he had received threats.

McQueary testified in a grand jury investigation that eventually led to child sex-abuse charges being filed against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

The ensuing scandal brought down longtime coach Joe Paterno, who was fired by university trustees amid growing criticism that he should have done more to stop the alleged abuse.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.

The massive shakeup Wednesday night came hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season.

But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore.

One key question has been why Paterno and other top school officials didn't go to police in 2002 after being told a graduate assistant saw Sandusky assaulting a boy in a school shower.

Paterno says he should have done more. Spanier has said he was not told the details of the attack.
Sandusky has denied the charges.

Rodney Erickson will serve as interim school president, and defensive coordinator Tom Bradley as interim coach.

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season, his long career brought down by his failure to do more about an allegation of child sex abuse against a former assistant.

Paterno said in a statement Wednesday he is "absolutely devastated" by the developments in the case of Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator accused of molesting eight boys over 15 years.

Paterno says the board of trustees should "not spend a single minute discussing my status. They have far more important matters to address."

"This is a tragedy," Paterno says. "It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more."

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno announced early Wednesday morning that he has decided to retire at end of the this season. Stay with KSBY news and KSBY.com for the latest .

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A high-ranking Penn State official says support for football coach Joe Paterno is eroding among the school's board of trustees.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic. The person is familiar with the trustees' discussions but says it's unclear what the consequences for Paterno will be.

The person says a decision could be at hand before the board meets Friday.

Meanwhile, Scott Paterno is telling reporters that his father has had no talks with Penn State officials or trustees about stepping down. He told reporters outside his father's house Tuesday that Joe Paterno plans to not only coach in Saturday's game against Nebraska, but for the long haul.
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Associated Press writer Mark Scolforo in Harrisburg, Pa.,
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STATE COLLEGE (AP) - Penn State administrators have canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference in which he was expected to field questions about a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach.

Paterno's son Scott tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that the decision was made by President Graham Spanier's office. Scott Paterno says his father was disappointed and was prepared to take questions about the scandal as well as the upcoming game against Nebraska.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley have surrendered for an arraignment on charges of perjury and failure to report abuse.

Schultz, the school's senior vice president for business and finance, and Curley are making their first court appearances Monday afternoon in Harrisburg.

They are accused of failing to alert police to complaints that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing boys. They are also charged with lying to a state grand jury investigating the complaints.

Lawyers for the 57-year-old Curley and 62-year-old Schultz will seek to have the charges dismissed.

Authorities accused Sandusky of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years through his charity for at-risk youth.

Both Curley and Schultz stepped down after a Sunday night meeting of university trustees.