To the editor:
As the Freeh report comes we find out what a lot of us already suspected. We find out that Joe Paterno, the man who was a hero and a larger than life figure for many of us, was involved in a cover-up. It is sad from many angles not only from the perspective of the coaching legend's shame but more so from the angle of the victims.
After reviewing it and giving it a lot of thought I have come to the conclusion that will make many people angry and many people uncomfortable. I feel that Joe Paterno who grew up as a Catholic in the Catholic Church handled the scandal just as the Roman Catholic Church handled their very own sexual abuse scandal.
This doesn't give him a free pass or excuse him from any responsibility of his actions but it does give me a window into his state of mind. It shows us that he was human and a person that makes mistakes just like any one of us. It should teach us all a lesson in that we can spend our whole lives doing the right thing but in the end one mistake can take us and many others around us down.
Matthew Schell
Liverpool
