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"&lt;img alt=\"0712_jerry_sandusky_joe_01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/12/0712-jerry-sandusky-joe-2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joe Paterno&lt;/strong&gt; participated in a 13-year conspiracy to hide &lt;strong&gt;Jerry Sandusky&lt;/strong&gt;'s sexual crimes against children from authorities ...&amp;#160; so says a new report issued by investigators connected to the Sandusky case. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Freeh Group --an independent investigative task force hired by the Penn State University Board of Trustees -- released its report moments ago ... and according to investigators, Paterno, along with the most senior leaders of PSU, \"failed to protect against a child sexual predator harming children for over a decade.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, &lt;strong&gt;the Freeh report&lt;/strong&gt; concludes ... Paterno ... along with PSU president &lt;strong&gt;Graham Spanier&lt;/strong&gt;, athletic director &lt;strong&gt;Tim Curley&lt;/strong&gt; and vice president &lt;strong&gt;Gary Schultz&lt;/strong&gt; \"repeatedly concealed critical facts\" in order to prevent bad publicity for the school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0712_sandusky_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;According to the report&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Paterno knew about allegations concerning Sandusky since at least March of 1998 ... but failed to take any action to prevent Sandusky from having contact with young children. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"They showed no concern about the victim,\" the report reads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\"At the very least, Mr Paterno could have alerted the entire football staff, in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the Lasch Building.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report says Paterno failed to take immediate action after Mike McQueary told him about Sandusky raping a boy in the gym shower in Feb. 2001 because Paterno \"did not want to interfere with people's weekend.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/0712_sandusky_report.pdf\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0711_sandusky_summary_tmz_sub\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/07/12/0711-sandusky-summary-tmz-sub-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Freeh report classifies PSU's non-action as \"catastrophic failures.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just last month, Sandusky was found guilty of 45 counts of child sexual abuse ... and will most likely spend the rest of his disgusting life rotting away in prison.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe Paterno died back in January at the age of 85."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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