Why did he waited till now to talk? This is a 33 yeard old man who's going to stop him from talking say last year or ten years ago? You're going to tell me this 33 year old man is afraid of old Sandusky?

I understand the fact he didn't say anything when he was very young but once you hit 18 you should be able to come out and be a man and speak your mind.

Aztlan - I think he's been living with this and struggling with it for a LONG time. I'm not sure he repressed it - its been noted this particular son acted out A LOT and was in trouble A LOT. However please also look at this particular son's history - he was involved in the Second Mile - he came from a broken home - which likely meant there was no father figure and the mother was probably so stressed working and providing what she could - he didn't want to burden her with that (say what you will but children do sense their parents' stress) and in typical Sandusky fashion he was lavished with gifts and trips and a lifestyle he would never ever have otherwise.

a predator has a very powerful hold over his or her victims. He may have waited a long time to come forward with this - but it seems to me he's been living with it for quite a while.

He's talking now because he had to - the poor guy tried to kill himself for God's Sake - if there is one common thread between all the victims it was the fear and embarrassment of coming out with it - it is just impossible for some - the fact that any of them did is remarkable - and the only way to bring this guy down. Pedophiles depend on their intimidation and scare tactics to keep victims quiet - that he adopted him and gave him a home was probably a big factor in his not coming out with it... and after seeing all the others - with the same stories - it wou;ld have been even harder for Matt to continue to hold it inside... The Truth Shall set you free...

Aztlan, you need to study up on sexual abuse and how it affects it's victims, before you post again. It's due to lack of understanding by people like you that predators like Jerry Sandusky are able to abuse their victims. If you don't know the signs of abuse of children and adults, the Jerry's of the world win. Many, many, children and adults completely block the abuse from their memories.....that's the only way they can survive without completely breaking down. ESPECIALLY if they have to live with their abusers or see them on a regular basis. It has nothing to do with "being a man" (or a woman). It has to do with terror, power and control. Age has nothing to do with it.... it is cemented into the persons psyche and subconscious mind. For your own knowledge, please study this subject. Their are hundreds of websites that are extremely educational.

This poor man, to come from a broken home and end up being molested for years. He most likely either denied it to avoid embarrassment and ridicule, or he legitimately couldn't remember; when something this traumatic happens to a person, the brain often blocks the memories, and it takes a lot of therapy to find them. Don't be so hard on him.

Aztlan, you are dead wrong. Apparently you don't know anything about psychology. When presented with severe abuse of this type, the mind can do things which seems irrational. Matt's coping mechanism for the abuse was probably to bury it deep and try to forget it happened. This was to avoid having to confront and think about the trauma continuously. Plus, the attention that he would get bringing this to police would have also deter him, it can be embarrassing and painful to talk about these sorts of things and it would cause the old trauma to have to be recalled and confronted again.

We have seen this pattern not only from Matt but also all the other victims, it is very common for the victims to suppress these sorts of things and to not talk about them. This is not unusual and basically does not weaken the reliability of the testimony, the psychological mechanisms are well understood as to why the child may try to repress these memories and avoid them from being brought up again. It can take a lot of courage to overcome these things as it has probably required Matt to revisit the trauma again and brings up a lot of painful things he repressed.

Not only is the repression apparent with victims but also the witnesses such as McQuery, where it also well understood. The idea of such an icon in the community everyone respected engaging in such a crime was such a painful and shocking thought that people would rather deny this possibility and find some other explanation. Some of these processes can occur on a semi-subconscious level, it may not necessarily be an intentional choice.

@Aztlan

I keep hearing there are no such thing as a stupid question, but geeshes, there are some stupid people.

Aztlan, most sexual abuse victims don't step forward. They feel very alone. In a "your word versus their word" scenario, with no actual evidence, it's very, very hard to win. Usually they just destroy their own lives for no result. The person with the biggest lawyers and most money wins. And in this case, anybody who vilified the football program at Penn State was simply outcast from the community. It was not done. Players and coaches had pretty much total immunity from the law. Everybody turned their head.

Also, victims tend to develop emotions for their abusers. It's very, very common for abused children, women, and even pets to illogically develop genuine attachment and affection for people who make their life a living hell. And even though they are suffering horribly, they can't bring themselves to turn their abuser in. After years of only having any kind of close, personal interaction with a single individual, it stops mattering what that interaction is. Much like children who act out, knowing that they'll just get yelled at or spanked, they internalize that any attention, even negative, hurtful attention, is better than nothing at all, better than crushing loneliness.

Also, they tend to think that they deserve what's happening. Their self-esteem plummets. They begin to believe that they are totally worthless except for the pitiful amount of "worth" their abuser gives them. It's difficult for people with any sense of self-dignity to imagine having that totally and completely stripped away, to feel that you have no value or worth as an individual human being, to totally surrender in body and mind, and no longer even think you're worthy of escaping the torment. (There can be a problem in treating this -- sometimes victims have too little self-worth to even bother trying to commit suicide. And if you treat them carelessly, you might give them just enough dignity and self-worth to take that step.)

Anybody who says "why did they wait to report this" has no clue what it is like to be a broken shell, a husk of a human being.

And from what I understand, seeing your tormenter punished doesn't really end it. You don't feel a surge of satisfaction, or a sense of closure. You just feel even more empty.

It's very hard to take that step to come forward. Sometimes the revelation that there are other victims suffering the exact same thing as yourself is enough to shock you into action. Realizing you're not alone, and that you might be, at the very least, preventing others from suffering your fate, can make you come forward. Personally I'm convinced there are many, many more victims who still can't force themselves to speak out.

I'd still like to know what a ten year old child is doing in a college gym/shower... This was a college campus...

The attorneys are making me sick with their positive comment about Sandusky

I agree. These defense attorneys know what their client did but are still trying to defend him. Well sirs--Sandusky is a monster and he makes you look like monsters too--Stop it and give these victims relief--

How sick could Sandusky be?

A monster walking on this earth--and his wife doesn't report him to the Police?

Poor, Matt, he doesn't remember the actual Act. With 100 per cent assurance, he was actually raped. Alleged? No way!

The brain will block out shocking and bad memories if they are that bad. The brain protects a person from completely disintegrating by an emotional trauma. Going through Therapy now, it will certainly will come out in "time" that he indeed was like the others who experienced male to male copulation.

It may take years of Therapy for Matt to find this out---he doesn't want to know the extent of what happened with his own father , who all kids trust. Sandusky was a Master Pedophile, of the worst kind. It will be devastating.

My sincere wish, is that Matt eventually heals from this. It will affect everyone in his own family.

Sandusky, the "Innocent" Pedophile. His brain needs to be examined.

Sandusky should be put to death.

Most children who have been sexually accosted, or molested with not tell anyone. The Predator always threatens the Child that something bad is going to happened to them, or they may die.

That is enough for Matt to keep this hushed up, and others who have had the same experience. Intimidation, fear, and violence from the Predator. Embarrassment that it is their fault for what happened.

Aztlan.... This is something you can never understand unless it has happened to you. When I turned 29 I finally told my mother what happened to me...I'm 31 now and my cousin finally came forward and said the same thing happened to her by the same person.. she said she probably never would have said anything but the fact that I did made her think she could to... This is something we live with everyday and it never gets better.. but knowing we have each other helps. So don't judge. Its a lot harder then you think.. I commend those who stepped forward... It was very brave of them.. because people do look at you differently after you come forward. I hope he rots in there.

Mac45

He's talking now because he had to

He's talking now because it will sweeten the book deal.

@Aztlan and @Starseeker, get a clue. If a popular, successful man who'd adopted you had molested and shamed you for years, would you be in any hurry to get out a microphone and start describing your experience in a public forum?

Don't you think there's a little bitty chance that you, or at least lesser mortals, might shut up, bury the memories, and perhaps dive into a bottle or a big pile of drugs? Matt Sandusky did the world a huge favor in making sure that Coach Pervy will spend the rest of his life in a small windowless room where his celebrity may prove to be a distinct disadvantage.

I am a 40 year old man, and me nor my brothers still have told anyone of our molestation, This is the first time, cause in our minds ( at least my mind) we are ashamed and think my wife may leave me. Being ,molested screws u up for the rest of your life, that's why molesters should not go to jail, but get death penalty,,,,why that felt good to say for the first time

How incredibly sad for his son. It sounds like it was incredibly difficult for him to come to that point and he has repressed the worst of his abuse. Now that he has come forward, I hope the healing can begin for him.

He didn't talk then because no one would have believed him.

Is there any wonder why he didnt come forward before? The way society looks upon males that have had sex with another man, the stigma that is held even toward the victim, the list goes on and on. Not to mention that the perp was a highly visible person with clout. I don't care how old you are, even rape victims of opposite sex find it difficult to bring the crime to light. Some of you here are questioning why he didn't come forward before this time in court, and I believe he was still hiding from the shame he felt associated with the dispicable acts of Sandusky.

I feel for all the victims that had to relive all of the abuse they suffered at the hands of Sandusky. I also find it very hard to believe that his wife had no idea about any of this going on. It sounds like he did it in their home and at work. This guy is a sick @$$ pervert and it showed on the interview he did with Bob Costa's. I think these pedophiles should get life in prison like murders because they slowly kill these poor victims and they will never be the same again due to these sick perverts.

Mom would have so why didn'the ever tell or question such to mom!

I am wondering if this man is looking for attention more so than spewing truths! I have worked with S abused kids and yeah some hold it in, but most act it out for years to come! Many also become perps in their own respect unless they get help.

So why didn't he ever seek help or say something to Mom?

exactly, all this was going on and he thought nobody would believe him ? his dad was probably supporting him financially, and he is realizing that is gone.

Sandusky would have denied it and his social climbing wife would have swore to it. Can you imagine adopting a child and then having your husband sexually abuse him and you not stopping it? She could have stopped to by saying to Sandusky no more or I will call the law. She could have told the boys no more slumber parties in my house.

Mrs. S. did not know Ha! You would know when none of your friend's hubands brought young boys home weekends and slept in the basement with them rather than with their wives. Even a stupid woman would figure that out!

I applaud all the men, or young adults on this board for Coming Out and telling their story re: Sexual Molestation. It is chilling.

All of you have courage, and great honesty.

Thank you.

It is good to know wrong from right and always remember.

But as a child sometimes things kept in the closet may help you grow until you are ready to speak out. Yes at 18 he became a young man but without proper guidance and abuse how could he make good decisions. This young man had to deal with his horrible past of a monster/dad and learn to become a man. At 33 he still has a face of a young boy who is ashamed for something he did not do. He is still in pain. Wether he remembers or not he will live it the rest of his life. Hopefully he does not commit those acts upon others in the future and gets counseling soon.

weird, he repeats accusations made by others but has no distinct recollection of anything that constitutes a sexual offense. Mattie is a little off... methinks he made it up.

methinks you are an idiot

rubbing the kids crotch is not "a sexual offense"? don't know what planet you came from

denver bill 2,

Coming out with this now to "...sweeten the book deal..."?

Yeah...maybe.

And then again, maybe this is just a victim who will be forever branded by a horrific thing that was done to him during what was supposed to be a magical time: his childhood.

And unlike the other victims, this one also has to live with a last name synonymous with "monster".

I don't blame him for coming forward when he did. I choose not to believe there are any ulterior motives involved with his painful decision...his bravery.

So either I'm being overly naïve or you're being overly cynical.

In fairness, either could be true.

Good for you Robbie

What we do not confront we are often forced to repeat. It can be a vicious circle of pedo breeding pedo until no one knows where it began. Breaking the cycle/circle is the first and hardest step. After that it is a day by day process.

I cannot imagine how bad these boys felt when a man they saw as a father figure who showered them with love, affection and gifts turned into a sexual predator. I am pretty sure they were confused and afraid of saying anything. He was a respected member of the community. Who would have believed them over Sandusky? There are still people today who defend this man and call them liars.

Unlike Michael Jackson, who had two children, out of thousands come forward, yet everyone "knew" he was a pedophile. When in reality, ALL their parents wanted was money.

I don't mean this to sound crass or rude, but how do we know exactly WHEN Matt Sundusky was/is lying? One thing is clear. He was either lying before or he is lying now. For years he says he wasn't molested, and he testified under oath that he wasn't molested. Now all of a sudden he says that he was and everyone seems very eager to believe him. How can we know? Why would he be lying now and not before? Isn't it just POSSIBLE that now that he sees everyone lining up for the civil cases and big payouts, he has decided to go for his little pot of gold? We may see lots of kids who hung out at the Second Mile come forward and say they were molested in order to collect.

I just keep asking myself why he didn't come forward when everyone else was coming forward. Once someone has shown the ability to lie (and lie under oath), how do you know when they are being truthful? The short answer is, you don't.

@ Marchant #1.15; That works while the victim is a dependant child, but after 18 or so, I'm pretty sure he would not 'fear death'. He would feel he could defend himself, at least from one man (Jerry Sandusky). There might be other threats, but I think their hold would diminish over time.

@ Aztlan; I think the reason for not coming forward sooner is exactly what he said...the stress of protecting his family. I know it's no comparison to what Matt went through, but my mother divorced my biological father when I was 9, and remarried when I was 11. My biological father had been a violent alcoholic, so I never saw him again. I later heard through other relatives that he had straightened his life out, remarried also, and had two daughters (who would be my half sisters, I was an only child). Later on in my life, I wanted to find my father and meet my sisters, but I didn't for fear of my step father, who I was like best friends with, possibly feeling that I favored my real dad over him. If he did feel that way, I know he wouldn't have said anything about it, I just didn't want to hurt his feelings, like a slap in the face after the wonderful life he'd provided my mother and me. By the time my step dad died, so had my real dad, and I never found his widow or my sisters. Fear of upsetting the rest of my family kept me from tracking him down sooner.

I'm sure that Matt considered the fact that coming forward would destroy the 'family unit', and devastate his mother and his siblings. Not to mention the fact that everybody who knew what Jerry was like was covering for him, so he'd have no support. That changed when Victim #4 (the boy who 'replaced' him) took the stand, and Matt knew it (the family) was definitely over anyway. At that point, he chose to do the right thing and come forward to back the accusers. Some might say if he'd come forward at the time, he might have prevented Victim #4 thru however many, but the way the University protected Sandusky, would he have been 'believed' or just destroyed? I think the best to say is better late than never, at just let Matt heal.

Robbie,

One in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused in this country. What that means is that statistically many of the people in this forum have also been. A common human way to deal with humiliating and horrific experiences is to try to ignore that it happened. My husband was also molested, and I can promise you, I felt nothing except extreme sympathy and compassion for what he had been through. Your family will feel the same. Why would they judge you for something you had no control over? You are still the same person they have always known and loved, and they will never think otherwise. One of the other things I remember thinking when my husband told me was that I couldn't believe that he had been carrying this weight for so long. I felt guilty for many of the times I had made such a big deal over stupid things we would always fight over. It seemed so insignificant compared to the things he had been going through. The only significant argument we had after that dealt with him reporting his molester (his uncle). I thought he should, since it would prevent him from ever doing it again. He didn't want to tear his family apart and insisted that he was an isolated incident with his uncle. We didn't argue for long - his uncle died a few months later. It is of course up to you, but I think you will get a better response from your family than you expect, and you deserve to have them supporting you. That's what family is for.

To all of you who think children who are adopted are ALWAYS placed in good homes, think again. If you still have any doubt, I suggest you google Lisa Steinberg.

Robbie, welcome to the light. It's an important step in therapy to be able to speak to others about what has happened without shame or fear. Congratulations. The power of your voice will now help others just by the telling. I salute you and Matt Sandusky.

The truth is that stimulation of the genitals feels good, just as God intended it to be. There should be no shame in this human reaction. The shame only enters in when the stimulation is illicit, when it involves a trusted person who should be more concerned about you as a person than you as a sexual object.

Matt, and others who were abused by a person who was percieved as a person of trust, who was powerful and no doubt charming. How can you have possibility determined/realized that this person was actuality deranged and manipulative. Realize that people such as this are very good at what they do, having devoted much time in devising methods of manipulation.

Do not feel guility! - do not blame yourself!

WTF people...you think he's making it up because he waited?

Perhaps all of this gave him enough strength to face it...

You have no idea how sexual abuse will affect anyone...have a little compassion...accusing him of lying...no wonder victims won't tell others...because of attitudes like yours.

When people ask why didn't he talk sooner?,the answer is many victims are so intimidated by the perp. that they are terrified that whatever threat may come true.

Before jumping on the He's an adult now wagon; remember that this stuff happened during formative years and by a person in a position of authority.

It's very embarrising and many victims feel they caused it.

So before you judge a person for not speaking out think of what you'd do.

By the way if you haven't been a victim then you really do understand.

Good for the son. The courage it takes to come forward, the humiliation, embarrassment, and scars it leaves behind. These perps. are usually heroes to the little ones who in their innocence don't even understand what is happening. Usually the victims feel compassion for the perps. and do not come forward because they don't want to hurt their hero. Even more so when the perp. is a family member. These types of predators need to be stopped dead in their tracks. Bah, what filth.

Hey Rampant, been molested lately? Wow, you got the anger issues of somone who has!

PS: I applaud your courage in speaking up to prevent future victims.

Much love to you Robbie! Always know that by doing what you just did, may have helped another person deal with their issues.

Peace & Love

Shartorius

So either I'm being overly naïve or you're being overly cynical.

In fairness, either could be true.

You are absolutely right. Time will tell. And thank you for the well-reasoned comment without the oh-so-common vitriol that accompanies so many posts here.

HiguepuUuUutaaa, estoy verdaderamente incredulo... Aztlan..... Como puede ser que su merced esta' defendiendo ese monstruo? Se metio' su **** en cuantos ***** de ninyos, el se los ****' se olbigo' a *******, el malparrido ******* malevolente manipulo' amenzo' los ninyos para violarlos. Es estaba jugando con las vidas de cuantas personas? Por FavorRrrr, parra de ser una verguensa para Aztlan con comentarios tan ignorantes. Educase como los Aztecas trataron criminales como ese pobre excusa por un ser humano.

Los Aztecas hubiera cortado en pedazos y comieron su carne ante el antes de despedirse al diablo y luego montado su cabeza en un Tzompantli.

AZTLAN .......every time there is an article about Sandusky, you come up with the same stupid @!$%# about why the youngster didn't say anything sooner . How many times do you need to be told by everyone before it sinks into your head that they were afraid and thought no one would believe them. I'm begining to think that you're "getting off" on this topic or your saying this just to aggitate people. No one could be this dense especially when you've be told at least a 100 times. Put a lid on it !! You're giving me a headache.

Hard to beleive someone can be so self dilusional. When one person accuses, there are questions. When two accuse, there is an indicatiojn that there may be fire to go along with the smoke. When so many come forward, the probability that everyone is lying and he is innocent drops to .0000001%. Right now nobody wants to hear from Jerry, his lawyers, or anyone else that wants to talk about the "technicalities" of the case.

No more interviews. no more discussion. He has been fairly convicted by a jury of his peers of so many counts, you could throw half of them out on "technicalities" and he still stays locked up for the rest of his life. So leave him locked up and drop the suicide watch. If he wants to commit, let him. It will save us all a lot of tax dollars and spare us any more of his BS.

Silly, star and atzlan, you guy are SOOOO clueless. I was molested from age 6-12 by a close family friend. Our families spent a lot of time together on trips, holidays, etc. He told me back then that he would deny everything, blame it on me and at one point threatened physical harm (when I was older and started trying to get away). Like others, I put all of this as far back in my memory as possible to survive. I came from a good family, but was terrified to tell mom or dad. Totally ashamed. Knew it was wrong but didn't know what to do about it. I went on to marry a wonderful woman. Never told her anything about the history. At age 40 there were issues with my marriage sexually. I finally broke down and told her everything. Of course she stuck by me and things are better, but I STILL never told my dad. I only recently had enough to drink and said something to an elder brother and he told me the same man had tried things with him, but he got away from him. He never told either. You guys really have no clue what this type of thing screws up your mind. As for the idiot who mentioned the son is trying to collect money before it is gone, well you are too stupid for words.

I agree with you Alzlan he had 7 Months to come out and talk, I am not believing this man a bit, he wants his 15 mins of fame , he should have saved the Story for the trial after the Appeals Courts toss this one for the Lawyers not being granted the time needed to prepare I just do not Matt like I did the other victims

Matador & Alzlan...you are simply wrong, and obviously know nothing about abuse or perpetrators AND just as obviously, thank God, are not victims of abuse. Lucky you. THis young man was "picked" out at Sandusky's perp farm...oh sorry..charity. And groomed unendingly. Also "fostered" etc. I think he came forward now because he saw and heard Victim 4 and realized he wasn't alone also recognized this young man as "his replacement". If he isn't telling the truth, why did Sandusky back off testifying on his own behalf and shut down the whole trial and go to jury? One more thing, you think sexual perpetrator pick healthy children who don't have problems and won't keep secrets? The whole point of Sandusky's "charity work" was to get access to vulnerable, "trouble" young men, groom them and use them for his own perverted purposes while looking like "a saint" in the process and to keep them quiet and fearful to telling what he was really like.

Good ole Jerry wants to get his story out... to that I say:

"Hey idiot you could have taken the stand and done just that but you took a pass. Now it is time for you to shut the F up and stop acting like a coward and take some F'en responsibility so all these kids you hurt can have a little peace, you a-hole."

I would also add that the last time he tried to get his story out, he almost admitted on air, that he was sexually attracted to boys. Denial Jerry only goes so far before it become pathetic.

Usually the memories are buried deeply in order to survive. The confusion remains and at times seems like a smoke filled room. You know that people are there but you can not see their faces. Confusion reigns and a life is cut short of it voyage.

Then there are the family units, values, and extended families which nobody would want to destroy with such memories and confessions. However, the cure begins at confession and so do those deeply buried memories as they are allowed to surface. It is EXTREMELY difficult for the victims. Many of whom end up using crutches to help minimize the memories and all their associated emotional pains.

It isn't until MANY, many years later that with therapy and other tools utilized for mirroring that a semblance of real life can appears. The victim starts coming back to life and the memories become much clearer as they re-surface. It isn't until the issue is fully remembered and dealt with that real life can begin.

It is always a life interrupted by the selfish acts of others, more developed, polished, and trusted within the community. Usually, nobody wants to know about the victims. The victims usually end up isolated and marginalized by the family and community. For those who would sit there and opine without EVER having been violated, may I suggest that you at least read up on the subject and the psychology behind it.

Serious?? His 15 mins of fame.. really? can you imagine what he had to endure to get to this point? I'm sure anyone in their right mind wouldn't want this kind of fame... I commend him and the others who took a stand against him. To be there in the same room with him.. knowing he could turn around and look at them any second... to look into those cold..soulless eyes... This is just tragic... and to for those who are saying he is lying... I say step into his shoes for a min and think of everything he has been through.. now think of how hard it was for him to come forward... now his family knows.. his friends... girlfriends... EVERYONE knows what happened to him. Is that the kind of fame you think he wants? No.

Steel Toed Boot:

Agree to Disagree with my assessment and yours..

Yes, every time Matt Sandusky sees his father, the child comes out of him, fearing his father will still to this day "kill" or hurt him. The fact that Sandusky is still around as his father, is a constant reminder of the painful, tormented life he had living at home.

It will take a great deal of excellent Psychiatric Counseling for many years to come, for Matt to actually come to terms with what happened, and be finally at Peace with himself.

In his mind, it is as fresh as the day when the sexual molestation started. I feel so badly for this adopted son. He tried Suicide, running away in a thunderstorm, with NO protection from his other parent, his MOTHER! I still cannot believe this witch is still smiling!; standing by her man.

Neglience from his mother, and violent sex by his father. CPS if called by the Mother, would have removed all the children from their home.

I understand the fact he didn't say anything when he was very young but once you hit 18 you should be able to come out and be a man and speak your mind.

It hasn't bothered the adopted son all this time, apparently. Still feel sorry for the kid ending up adopted into a home with a child molester. He must have felt like he had no choice but to endure such deviancy.

I just hope he is able to reconcile it all now. I can only imagine what all this has done to the rest of that family. What a selfish creep Jerry Sandusky is.

What did he tell his adoptive mother ? How did she react? A little pat on the head and a few words like‘that's nice dear’, Jerry is just showing you love you never had. Have a cookie and go play ?

"Dottie” Sandusky is most likely an accomplice in these rapes. She could not avoid knowing what "Jerry " was doing alone in the basement with boys week after week.

Since she had no children with "Jerry” that speaks volumes, volumes.

I propose she be incarcerated and soon.

Jerry Sandusky is just the scapegoat here. I suspect this "2nd mile" program was a front for a pedophilia ring in which a lot of rich, powerful, men participated in pederasty with young boys. The Greek word "mentor" actually has its roots in pederasty.

I certainly wish they made death the only punishment for anyone convicted of molestation of minors (asides from those trivial statutory 20 y/o 16 y/o "statutory" offenses). Pedophilia is worse than murder, and is a sick, narcissistic, anti-social behavior one step away from serial murder.

Victim 4's testimony was the breaking point for Matt to come out and tell the world of his encounters with Jerry S.

I hope this will help Matt deal with his inner demons like the other young men. It takes so much courage to overcome the guilt and shame even though the guilt and shame should be that of the perpetrator NOT the victims. Jerry Sandusky is a repulsive pedophile who has shattered so many people.

His stinking attorney states "he isn't shattered and feels nothing to be sorry about and wants to get out and explain his side"........ Jerry, I think you better keep pacing around your little cell block and realize you have nothing left to say.

To his wife Dottie...... fess up lady.... you can't be that clueless to say you didn't know! I hope they go after you next.

I agree with the jury and feel the weight of the evidence so far presented against Sandusky is on the side for conviction. But I believe that Matt Sandusky's flip-flop in testimony casts as much doubt on the conviction as it does confirmation. Why did he wait until he saw the strength of the prosecution's case before he changed his testimony? This bolsters the defense's argument that the prosecution witnesses were only coming forth because they were coached to do so. The prospect for a very large monetary payout for conviction was implicit in the proceedings. There is in the legal system some history of lurid and illicit counseling which led to children "remembering" molestations by their parent which never occurred. Is Matt Sandusky now guilty of perjury for his testimony to the Grand Jury? The testimony of McQueary, the only nonvictim whose testimony is not hearsay, was changed by him several times and not completely verified by Dr. Dranov, a witness who is highly qualified in judging patient's stories and knows the laws surrounding child abuse and its reporting. Caution must be used in making judgements. Things are seldom all black or all white. It is a terrible horror for the victims to have been abused. But outrage over this should not taint the fairness of the legal process or cause a lynch mob mentality.

"At this point, he maintains his innocence adamantly.”

Give me a M F break ..............................

If this guy had balls..he would of told the prosecutor everything a long time ago..not in the middle of the trial telling police in a secret interview..

Now that the POS creep is going away for life..he wants to speak up to the media how he was abused also..its all about $$$ to him of course!

Get a life pal!

Where's Bubba? Bubba needs to visit Jerry in his cell.

Simply turning 18 doesn't automatically give you the courage to come out about this thing, aztlan.

@Nflames

There are those who would point out that the prospect of gaining a few million dollars could buy a lot of courage in these cases. Or that the mothers who produced these disturbed children now see a way to cash in on the misfortune of their offspring and push them to come forward. But I think that rather than pointing fingers and assigning blame to others than those who are convicted, it is more productive to spend time figuring out how to better prevent these things from happening in the future. The case under discussion has an incredibly long laundry list of people who could potentially have fingers pointed at them for not having "done more".

Oh come on you fools, simpletons. The ol' mighty dollar has won. Why did the stepson wait til after the first guy described a shower screen, then he tells the detectives a shower sceen. Did any of them describe Sandusky's wiennie when it was excited? You can't tell me no one saw his willy big. These accusers are penning for a buck and you bit on it. The assistant coach made claims 8-10 years ago and you want to say that no one a the school whatched him. BS.

I remember the kids at a San Diego school who accused their teacher of sex acts. After the guy spent years in jail they found the kids had been lying. Poor ol' Sandusky.

Josh Brogan ... I agree with you 100% .

They adopted their kids ... it was probably a mutual agreement between Mr and Mrs Sandusky ... she kept quiet for him and in exchange he furnished her with the things she wanted. As far as I'm concerned they are both savages and she should be behind bars with him. I just hope they go after her . I know if I were a parent of one of these victims , I'd be going after her one way or another.

So...he was showering with his adoptive dad when he was 18? Did I miss something? Yeah, when I reach the age of maybe 14, I'd know that this is not normal. He'd be buried in the back yard.

As for the other victims, justice has not been done with his conviction. There can be no punishment for Sandusky that will take away the pain that they all feel for the rest of their lives. Damage is done. The only retribution to offer comfort is the hope and possibility that Sandusky will be mercilessly butt-raped every day from here on out.

You KNOW there will be a book deal, don't you?

Eastside:

There will be plenty of Civil Lawsuits against Sandusky---he will be cleaned out of what ever money he has; or maybe by now he has nothing. The attorney fees/Court Fees are going to wipe him out.

A bigger fish to sue is Penn State University--they have the money, all along with the late Joe Paterno's Estate, and the 8-10 Criminals on the staff who ignored the Sexual Activity by Sandusky against the will of these children; gross Negligence on the Part of Penn State. They might wind up broke as well.

Marchant ... I totally agree with you. I think they should go a step further and close Penn state down and re-open under another name with new staff . Give the current students their money back so they can go elsewhere for the time being. Penn state IMO is a disgrace for what they chose to ignore and the lives they've ruined. To hell with the sports ... we're talking peoples lives ever after.

What a creep. Surprising he didn't live in San Fran. Or at least hang out in bathrooms there.

Phinster66,

Your position takes great courage in the face of this bloodthirsty mob.
From what I can see, since you don't have a million dollars coming to you for your courage

it is much more impressive to me than anything being attributed to this parade of congenital liars who are now suddenly the most trusted (paid) witnesses in America.

I agree with you. I think Sandusky was trying to show some very troubled boys--liars and troublemakers all of them--some parental affection,

and that he is now being railroaded by the greediest and most unprincipled subset of that same group of troubled troublemakers from broken homes headed by grasping and irresponsible single mothers who've been wrecking lives since they were wee high..He was very foolish, yes. But I haven't yet heard the testimony that convinces me he committed a crime. One must first accept that homosexual behavior is a reasonable possibility before one can believe another person capable of it. Frankly, I think our society stands more condemned by this case than any single individual ever could be, because it speaks volumes about what we "naturally" suspect when we hear unseen "sounds" or hear descriptions of behaviors that, in other terms and other places, would be clearly the innocent behavior of an affectionate parent. Is every father that has ever blown a "raspberry" on a child's stomach now a suspect before the Grand Inquisition? God, help us, YES!

Hurl your venom, snakes. The convicted man still maintains his innocence. I find him more credible than all of you. This is particularly true for those of you who appear all too eager to see violence and everything else you rail against done to another person.

In the face of all your venom with almost no one in this world brave enough to face your wrath (e.g., how few there are in this forum who see the obvious problem with Matt's testimony!), J.Sandusky continues to insist that he is innocent! This appears to anger some of you beyond reason. Why? Is an accused man--a CONVICTED man prohibited from doing so? And if you were ever falsely convicted, how quickly would you begin to repeat the lies that sent you to your fate? You can't even give the man THAT? That he believes himself innocent!

I think now that I do, too.

How many of you are familiar with the typical behavior of convicted murderers? Almost none of them maintain that they are innocent after going to prison. Almosot none. Most not only take credit, they brag about it. But some do. Often, it's because they truly ARE innocent. Only an innocent man will continue to maintain his innocence long after it has become a distinct liability to him to do so. Why? Because only an innocent man still has his own internal integrity on the line long after everyone else has ceased to believe him.

Count me among those who now believe Jerry Sandusky. I believe the man was railroaded by a pack of greedy wolves, juveniles who were well established as liars and cheats since they were very small. You call it "blame the victim." It enrages you. But a false accuser is not a victim. Any one of us that does not know the whole story could be wrong. The defense attorney asked a relevant question when he asked the jury "Does this make sense?" From what I have read about this story, it does not make sense to me. Everything begins with something McQueary claims he heard and assumed to be one thing but changed his testimony about repeatedly (and which, in light of the slow-footed follow up, makes no better sense any other way) which may have been mostly all in McQueary's mind. No one should ever be sent to prison on the basis of what McQueary has claimed he heard or saw, which cannot even be defined at this point in time. The jury rightfully decided not to convict on that questionable testimony. But everything else is a consequence of that claim. Everything else is fully explained by a presumption that the witnesses took their cues from McQueary. Is McQueary going to get a "cut" of anyone else's "payoff"? That's a relevant question in my view, even if it hasn't occurred to you, even if it inspires your bile. Could all of this be the result of jumping to a conclusion about what people would believe given McQueary's original report. Sadly, yes. That's all that would have been needed in any case to have set this whole train of events in motion, even if there is no "gun" behind all the smoke and mirrors. The witness that claims he went back repeatedly to the basement when he claims he was terrified of the place, to be repeatedly mistreated there (according to his testimony) does not make any sense to me at all. He cannot be telling the truth. I cannot believe that any honest person would believe him. The one that did not testify at trial, but testified in the court of the Mainsmear Press laughed suddenly with embarrassed laughter as his eyes IMMEDIATELY went away from the face of the "bubbleheaded bleached blonde" "reporter" who was interviewing him when he was asked what he thought of the point made by some that this testimony might have been paid for by the promise of millions in payoffs. His reaction has "caught in a lie" "she hit it right on the head" written all over it. That one thing, despite her guiding him with cues that his testimony was "safe" and fully believed by everyone in the newsroom gave the game away, as far as I am concerned. Of course he is testifying so that he can get a million dollars!

Not only does this explanation suffice (and it MORE than suffices!), but this is also the ONLY explanation for ALL of what I have read that DOES make sense to me IN AND OF ITSELF. What would you say in court if you had the whole world ready--nay, eager--to believe your most damaging lie, if you were going to be paid $1,000,000.00 for speaking that lie? (And no one but the accused could contradict you.) But that's not really the question here, is it? The question is, how many people do you KNOW,l how many have you ever HEARD OF who were in and out of jail who would take the money and tell the lie? A MILLION DOLLARS! THAT'S the relevant question. This is the ONLY scenario that makes sense to me. Does that now make me, also, fit fodder for your worst, most monstrous, most brutal fantasies? Do I now also deserve the worst act of brutality that you can imagine? And why should that intimidate me into following in your cowardly steps?

Henceforth, unless I see some incontestable and irrefutable physical evidence that these witnesses are in fact speaking of things they personally saw and heard, I will believe the accused and condemned man who continues to insist that he is innocent, I will believe the wife of the accused before I believe the parade of greedy "witnesses" fresh from their Salem witch trial. That known liar who testified for the media, but wasn't trusted enough to testify in court (and his spontaneous tell-tale outburst when the kid-gloved reporter asked the only REAL question), and then Matt's changed testimony were the clinchers. I had wondered if it might be that Sandusky was innocent, after all. A million dollars will buy how many such witnesses from any given pool of several hundred juvenile delinquents? Every reasonable person has to know that the answer to that question is a positive number greater than five. But Matt is talking like he "might" be persuaded to remember something else in the future if the "therapist" keeps working on him, even though he can't now remember any specific clearly sexual act. No, I do not believe these witnesses. I do not believe the one the prosecution refused to call because even they did not believe him. I do not believe Matt. I do not believe the one who says he willingly went back fourteen times to a basement in which terrible things were done to him and then accepted a ticket to a ball game from the accused like he was just another old pal. I believe the wife. She did not hear any such thing coming from the basement, though she could easily hear voices in the basement. In fact, I do not belive a single one of these overgrown juvenile delinquents. Those of you who believe the fiction that it is commonplace for we human beings to "forget" the worst things ever done to us have been played for fools. The so-called "science" of repressed memories being recovered through "therapy" is more bunk than commonplace.

I believe that Jerry Sandusky is innocent.

You can hate me if that doesn't fit your program and your lust for vengeance, but it won't make you any cleaner.

John116:

Only one Pedophile would protect another one.

Marchant:

Your cheap shot was fully expected, but fear of your irresponsible type did not deter me from speaking my mind.

There is no truth in what you wrote, bully.

Very sad, very dangerous for all of us that there are so many people just like you in this world.

Justice is severely impaired when a man comes under suspicion simply for questioning the credibility of paid witnesses and insisting that testimony be as free of corrupting motive as possible in order to be credible.

Sadly, in this case, as in those cases where convicts are given pardons or sentence reductions in exchange for testimony of a certain kind, we can expect no such purity of truth.

It bothers none of you that a man is maligned simply because he reverences the purity of truth and draws back in disgust at the thought of it being corrupted by plainly conflicting motives?

And that to you also is evidence of an evil mindset?

Or perhaps you feel that while the corruption of youth is unquestionably despicable,

the corruption of truth is maybe okay with you?

John, If you are not a victim of pedophilia the least you can do is read up on the psychology of pedophile victims. Read on the mechanisms utilized to survive only one more day inside a victim's skin. Read on how the perps. appear in public and the legitimate faces and masks they put up. Until you do maybe you are the one launching cheap shots. A grown man showering with boys is not normal no matter how you look at it. JS will get his day in court because we are innocent until proven guilty in this country. The justice system asks for swearing on a bible to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but. Unfortunately, the justice system may only use proven facts in order to condemn. The persecution you appear to see and maybe feel is akin to suffering preemptively.

Peter Jacobs:

Good response to John., who quite cannot or does not want to see this huge icon from Penn State University, as a person who is a Predator.

John:

Have you ever talked to a child, or young adult who has been sexully assaulted? You seem to come on with the innocence of not wanting to face the facts in this case re: Sandusky.

Unfortunately, he will never admit what he's done. He's so sick in his mind that I think he honestly believes that what he did was not wrong. He's a disgusting individual that deserves whatever is coming to him in jail. He'll never last with the general population.

Denial is a powerful thing. That's one head (mind) that is truly like living in Hell. He's the master of his own universe, so in his mind is where he'll stay.

Since the defense attorneys have contact w/J sandusky and they say he states he is innocent, please relay this messge (actually a message he himself has stated to many, many young boys) "No one will believe you"--So you monster rapist, keep you mouth shut and that goes for the defense attorneys too.

Hard to beleive someone can be so self dilusional. When one person accuses, there are questions. When two accuse, there is an indicatiojn that there may be fire to go along with the smoke. When so many come forward, the probability that everyone is lying and he is innocent drops to .0000001%. Right now nobody wants to hear from Jerry, his lawyers, or anyone else that wants to talk about the "technicalities" of the case.

No more interviews. no more discussion. He has been fairly convicted by a jury of his peers of so many counts, you could throw half of them out on "technicalities" and he still stays locked up for the rest of his life. So leave him locked up and drop the suicide watch. If he wants to commit, let him. It will save us all a lot of tax dollars and spare us any more of his BS.

When there is a million dollar payoff for telling a lie,

it no longer applies that x number of witnesses would not all be telling the same lie.

Sad that almost no one sees the REALLY BIG elephant in the room.

You're all guilty, now. Just as soon as the big money says you are.

Juvenile delinquents are plentiful. Enough to fry anyone anytime for anything at a million each, which is small change to some.

Read Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago. We're all toast now.

Mac, it's more than obvious that Sandusky doesn't feel as if he did anything wrong.

From what I have read Sandusky had a pleasant almost happy demenor during the trial even smiling during the testimony of some of his victims.

So Sandusky is truely one sick puppy and needs to be euthanized

.

"but how could his lawyers think that????"

Money..............

"but how could his lawyers think that????"

Joe Amendola, one of Sanduskys lawyers, got a 16 year old intern for his firm pregnant...so I don't think he's really an expert on right from wrong where it concerns sexual contact with minors.

His lawyers probably know that he is guilty but someone has to be his defense or he will be set free. I think it's called "Due Process of Law".

Yes they should put the whole prison population together.

Entitled people should think twice before ending up in there due to that they are society's role models.

Did you and/or your mother turn him into the authorities?

I was 3 at the time. From what she told me, he was admitted to a psych facility and they divorced and we moved away. Didn't have much of a relationship after that anyways, but went to nill once I found out.

Wishing this pervert a long and painful life in prison? Why? Give him a month in the general population, just to get the paperwork in place, the a 23 cent shot to the head, to put him out! I personally don't wish to spend a dime of my tax monies to support perverts like this.

No long death sentances, guilty, then gone. No one is going to out and out tell the truth. We need to justify wrongdoing by the testomies of victums...PERIOD.

Son, did you take that toy away from your sister> No Mommy....Come on people. He is guilty as sin.

23 cents.

I understand where you're coming from and I respect your opinion, but things like this, IMO, need NOT be put out of their misery, and instead, live with the ramifications for the rest of their life. This is just one example where I personally don't mind my tax money supporting.

I think all parents should be warned about any man who wants to hang out with children . A pedophile usually isn't going to be some creepy guy in a van . That isn't how they work . The first thing these guys do is try to put themselves in a position of trust . The pedophiles in the Catholic church is a good example . These men weren't priest that became molesters . They were already pedophiles who knew becoming a priest would get them to a good position to molest kids . I personally dont know any grown men that actually like hanging out with kids ,why would they ?

Mother Cluster Duck:

Now the Media Focus today is being put upon Mrs. Sick Sandusky.

They are interviewing Psychiatrists, and others for answers as to why Sandusky's wife did nothing, knowing all this was going on.

They are thinking maybe the Mrs. was a silent accomplice (in her head) to her husband's illegal activities with young boys in their home. This case is getting more and bizarre. Was the wife molested at a young age?, letting her husband hurt these young boys and loving it? Or did she have the Stockholm syndrome, being abused by him as well.

Many scenarios--did she not want to give up her Status?; in any case, this woman should be put in jail or a Mental Hospital for life. She is as guilty as he is.

What a twisted couple.

She may have been a victum of his abuse as well. Maybe he threatened her and she was too afraid to come forward. I would come forward but I may not have when I was a younger woman. Maybe she had her suspicions and just never caught him or didn't want to catch him. And maybe she didn't want to give up her lifestyle which would be a doozy of a sin.

What did he tell his adoptive mother ? How did she react? A little pat on the head and a few words like ‘that's nice dear’, Jerry is just showing you love you never had. Have a cookie and go play ?

"Dottie” Sandusky is likely an accomplice in these rapes. She could not avoid knowing what "Jerry " was doing alone in the basement with boys week after week.

Since she had no children with "Jerry” that speaks volumes, volumes.

I propose she be incarcerated and soon.

Looks like from the comments here; the general public will ostracize Mrs. Sandusky from Society.

That will be her punishment--a Prisoner in her own body.

Good.

Great job , Matt! I like your post, Lisa!

nope that my friend would be too kind.

RIGHT!? torture this thing and when the wounds start healing rip-em up again and so on.

Jerry Sandusky should learn how to moonwalk. Then when he dies everyone will act like he's a saint like they're doing with MJ.

Cure? Yes. Punishment? Not even close.

Mac, I have been curious about that as well. I have asked on a post if anyone knew why Jerry Sandusky "retired" at the height of the Penn State glory days? Since he is only 68 now, that would not make sense because Paterno was still coaching in his 80's and those two were the dyamic duo of the campus.

Does anyone know if he was forced to retire or did the rumors going around campus make it difficult for him to navigate the pedophile path? No wonder they called that charity place the Second Mile. You went the first mile going through a hard life and 2nd mile with Jerry. I have a good friend that attended PSU and he said the stories were going around for years-at least in the student levels of communication. How did they cover this up??? Amazes me. Get Graham Spanier too! This is the biggest coverup since Watergate--for any of oldies that are young enough to remember how Nixon and his cronies got busted!

@ Mac45 people don't "become pedophiles in the 40's" ! This guy has been doing this FOR YEARRRRRRRRRRRS. His parents ran a pretty substantial foster care business. The reason no one has come forward from the 70's or 80's is because of a huge age factor by the time it hits the news in 2010 !
Sandusky, Paterno, and the PSU administrators WERE THE POLICE - so who in hell had a chance to even get a report on record - they controlled the reporting !

The 18year old kid who took the stand [Victim #4] was the one who reported in 2008 -

what I've heard is that Paterno knew about all of this and told Sandusky he would never be head coach - and he retired in 1999 - in his mid 50's - and never got any offers or pursuit as a coach from anywhere else - you think just people at penn State knew about Sandusky? JoPa let him do his thing after he retired because Sandusky would have come out with the fact tha Paterno knew about it and didn't do anything - it's the only logical scenario...

Don't kid yourself, Sandusky has been a molester longer than you think. It doesn't just happen over night. And Matt, it doesn't matter if you remember that their was penetration or not. Just what Sandusky has done to you in your memories now is molestation.

So students at PSU heard stories of Sandusky for years? Boy, that's a responsible group! By not reporting, it's accepting! And that's the problem with our society.

I agree with Rampant. The defense kept using the defense that it didn't make sense that he would have "become" a pedophile in his 50's. I agree that it doesn't make sense and that he has been abusing children all along. Sadly, I'm sure the statute of limitations has long passed for many.

In response to those wondering why he didn't come forward sooner - it really isn't that easy. I was abused by a family friend when I was young, and when I told the man's granddaughter what had happened, she said, "He was just drunk. Don't say anything". I am 31, and he is dead now, and to this day I've never said a word. It's hard to understand unless you've been there.

Amazing, the moral compass at psu must have really went down the sh1ter. To think I use to root for them.

Folks are wondering about earlier victims.

So where did Mike McQueary grow up? Is it true his father and Sandusky were friends when he was a boy?

Mike should be on trial too, for not being a man !!!

There were many more victims. Some tried to come forward for justice....but found out the statute of limitations had run out and they had no legal recourse. They wouldn't simply relate their stories if there would be no charges brought against Sandusky. He got what he deserved.....now he has to do the time.

I agree with you Mac. Paterno should have done everything in his power to stop this as soon as it surfaced. As far as I'm concerned, all of his records and whatever he did for that University is null and void. He should have been in the same cell as Sandusky. And for the rest of them that allowed this to go on, I hope the authorities go after every single one of them and they should all be held accountable for this heinous coverup.

Mike McQueary grew up in State College. He attended high school with Sandusky's adopted sons and was on the high school basketball team with one of them. How do I know? I was there. I know them myself. Does that make me guilty by association? I haven't spoken to Mike since high school but I can't help but understand that his childhood connections to the family had something to do with his reaction.

As for the BS that all PSU students knew Jerry was a creep? Sorry, we didn't. I know everyone would like to think that the entire town or University knew, but we didn't. Don't feed the trolls.

Let Jerry rot in jail.

@McLisaMc and Thepunisher - Why are you holding the student body responsible? What were they supposed to report... that they HEARD a RUMOR that Sandusky likes middle-school-aged boys? The administration should certainly be held responsible; no doubt they all knew what was going on, but holding the students responsible is just a little over the top.

"Why are you holding the student body responsible?"

I'm not, mostly the staff and administration. But I just wonder why not one person who had heard the rumors not try to investigate. But that type of thinking may just be me.

What did he tell his adoptive mother ? How did she react? A little pat on the head and a few words like ‘that's nice dear’, Jerry is just showing you love you never had. Have a cookie and go play ?

"Dottie” Sandusky is likely an accomplice in these rapes. She could not avoid knowing what "Jerry " was doing alone in the basement with boys week after week.

Since she had no children with "Jerry” that speaks volumes, volumes.

I propose she be incarcerated and soon.

How did they cover this up????? You got to be kidding me. He's a PSU sports big-whig. Sports attracts donations from you sports nerds. That means big money for the school. If the student population (that rotates every year) knew the rumors, the administration (long time employees) knew the rumors, too.

Swept under the rug.

I don't question why they waited, I do however question why they would still have any contact with him as an adult including McQuery who gave 3 different accounts of what he saw, denied doing charity with him after the incident yet to find out that he still did. I question why a kid who was molested would be adopted as an adult by the perp. What does your internet training say the reason is for that??

" I question why a kid who was molested would be adopted as an adult by the perp."

My guess is to keep him close and shut him up, throw enough money at him for distraction and instill a fear of loosng what he has gain. As for McQuery, it's like workng for a boss you like who can advance your career, but he's got this right hand man that is very shady, I guess he went with the flow until it swept him under the tide. I think his career as a coach is done.

it is like the dog that is fed will come back to the master that beat him. It is a sick co-dependency forged by the perv.

Guilt placed on them by others 'you should be so thankful that he loves you'

fear of not being believed, ridiculed, or repercussions.

Self loathing-doubt-denial in ones mind that any of it happend. Blank it out because the memories are so vile.

For the most part, unless you have been there, you can only speculate.

As for Matt, he was his father...he couldn't come forward because of all the Shame and feeling alone and knowing everyone thought his dad was so great...I had the same problem, my dad abused me my whole life until I was old enough to move out...never told a sole, even took care of him when he was dieing..but the minute he died for some reason I was able to hate him and tell the world...maybe listening to Victim #4 gave Matt the courage, he probably can't explain why himself....its part of being their victim it goes beyond what they do to you physically......Why McQuery continued to work him is unexplainable since he was not a victim.

Darwin,

I don't know about "internet training," but my undergraduate degrees in abnormal psychology and social work/childrens' issues, my graduate degree in law, countless interviews with victims, perpetrators, and their therapists in nearly 30 years of working in victims' advocacy allow me to understand the reasons. There are multiple possible components and, of course, no two victims are identical; however, generally, with this type of emotional trauma, particularly at such a young age, repression and denial are common. He may not even have admitted to himself what had transpired until confronted with the testimony of other victims, when the events could no longer be sublimated. Then again, there is a common phemonon with young victims of physical and sexual abuse where they exhibit a particularly close relationship and bond with their abuser. Often, they feel if they were more loving, more loved, the abuse would cease and will appear to the outsider to be extremely close to an abusive parent and distant to the parent who does not abuse. It is a mechanism of self defense. There are many other reasons and factors potentially at play here and rather than provide you with a laundry list of them accompanied by a lecture, I merely provide one example of many.

There are numerous resources available to the lay person that would benefit anyone desirous of a better knowledge base on this topic. A simple google search could provide you with a great deal of information, as these issues have long been recognized and are well documents by experts.

For those who doubt McQueary's testimony, while I understand that there are some inconsistencies, what possible motive would he have had to make this up? And what are the odds that he would invent a story about Sandusky having sex with a child in the shower and then dozens of victims come forward confirming that Sandusky usually tried to get physical with them while taking showers?

Furthermore, it sounds like Sandusky played these kids with just the right amount of manipulation. He would give them lavish gifts and VIP passes to football games and after they felt grateful and indebted to him, he would slowly start putting on the moves. And he would do things like lay down in bed with them and hug and kiss them, but not actually molest them for a while. They felt awkward and knew what he was doing was wrong, but what could they tell anyone? That he hugged them too much? I am sure there were dozens of kids who would bail out after the first sleepover, because he creeped them out. He was smart enough to go very slowly until he found the kids who were so screwed up and confused, they would let him do more and more until he was actually having sex with them. They probably felt like it was their fault for not realizing what was going on sooner.

The wife, though, ugh. For her to hear her husband say that he would shower with young boys and cuddle with them when they were spending the night, AND STILL believe that nothing inappropriate happened is delusional.

I wouldn't put that on him. He's a victim too. Who knows what any of us would have done in his shoes..

he could have told the court he didn't want to be adopted by the sanduskys years after the abuse, but again you're right I don't know what I would have done if I was in his shoes. Maybe shoot sandusky? strangle him? slice off his man parts? I do know I wouldn't have done what he did though!!!!

Darwin-as you are today you would do otherwise. The victims were young, hand sellected for their vulnerablity, and have been forged slowly with skill to make them just that, victims. The ones that were chosen had no one to turn to and were 'unloved' or in need of acceptance by a man (loosely used in this case) It is easy to say what one would do, except, you will never be in that possition.

I'm glad you were able to do so, I am sure it took an enormous amount of courage. But is there really ever "closure"?

I'm sure many of this creepy coach/father/mentor victims will spend years in therapy trying to find that too. Unfortunately many will have turned to crime, drugs, alcohol, abusive relationships, and molesters themselves.

What this man did is help to breed a whole lot of disfunctional human beings thru no fault of their own...he should be put to death for "taking" so many lives.

I am saddened by the filth in this world. My hopes for these victims to be able to live somewhat peaceful lives.

you shouldn't put that on Matt. It is no more his responsibility to report it than it was any of the other victims.

If jopa is all the person people believe him to be, then at the very instant jopa heard of these horrible things about sandusky (perhaps more than several times ie rumors) the very next thing sandusky should have heard was the smashing open of doors in the locker room and the increasing pace of loud footsteps from jopa, players on the football team, racing thru the locker room, yelling "where is he, where's that SOB!! But, that didn't happen way back then. Nor did it happen when mccrery walked past the showers. I wonder if the look of extreme terror was on this poor boys face and a pleading look of "I need help, please help me"!

If you take some time to read the other posts here and educate yourself on the lasting effects of sexual abuse you wouldn't have a problem with the time it took these survivors to come forward. Many people push that memory so far away that it can only be retrieved with the help of a therapist. In the case of Matt, I would imagine that hearing the testimony of the survivor that he feels took over for him brought back painful memories, some he probably didn't even know he had, and helped encourage him to say something since he wasn't able to say something so many years ago when it may have stopped #4 from being victimized by Sandusky.

From what I have read many of these young men did come forward but no one believed them. This is actually more common than people would believe. I know that in my family one of my brothers-in-law had fondled two of my brothers. They told me about it and we told my mother and my sister and neither of them believed it. My brothers and I never mentioned it again because we knew we wouldn't be believed, we just put it behind us and moved on (and never let him near any of our children). Many years later another boy came forward and my brother-in-law eventually was convicted of molesting 6 young boys. Of course we then felt guilty for not pushing it harder but realistically what could any of us had done when no one would believe us? If we won't listen to our children when they try to tell us something is wrong we can't later blame them for not pushing harder.

@Dick227, put yourself in their shoes. All the security you have ever known is in the hands of this surrogate father-figure. They are bound by emotions and trauma cemented in the subconscience during the transition to adulthood. They've spent years believing that they brought the abuse upon themselves, if only due to their station in life. Please tell us why you think it should have been easier or more righteous for them to come forward sooner.

These men needed a catalyst -- some group-think -- to let them know that it was OK to 'out' themselves for this cause. After all, it's piling yet another set of life changing events on top of everything else they have tried to repress.

Dick227

I had a niece who went through this type of hell. The only reason she came forward was that she broke down hysterically upon seeing the one who did this to her as he was a family friend. Otherwise she would never have come out. That monster only did 12 years and was let out on good behavior, it's a shame I can't find his wherabouts as he probably left the country.

I agree with you about the other adults who enabled Sandusky to continue his abuse. However Jerry's wife I am not so sure. We may never know the real true regarding her motivations but I can only imagine the panic she must have felt discovering something that she did not quite understand yet knew that it was something that had the potential to totally wreck her home and her way of life. Another thing, she is from an older generation and abuse was just as much prevalent in her day as it is today- just overlooked and denied. Glad these abusers are finally facing justice though. I hope she can come out and shed some light on this for her adopted son and the other victim's sake!

Rape isnt about sex. Sandusky is a sexual predator. When he raped these boys it was about control and power. But I believe it was more than that. He groomed these young boys as if they were his girlfriends for sexual gratification. When he adopted them, it was like he was marrying these boys in his mind where these young boys were at his beck and call. I also believe his wife knew but was also brainwashed to believe that nothing was going on and that he truly loved her. Some women are just stupid like that, to look the other way and do whatever is necessary to keep their husbands. Sandusky is a very sick and nasty man and deserve the verdict he got.

darwin, do you think that jerry might have been motivated to sweep this "kid/guy" under the carpet, into the closet, speak when your spoken to, iam your father?

Did you know that Sandusky manipulated Matt's CPS records, and was the one who made "recommendations" to CPS ? And that CPS is the one who put him in care at Sandusky's via Second Mile. And when he was getting into more & more trouble, Sandusky would report how much more Matt would need "help"! Sandusky's "Second Mile" would report that the kids real mother was incapable of handling the kid - which is why it's been publicly KNOWN that Matt's real mother dispises the Sandusky's

That PATERNO, and the PSU adminsitrators WERE THE FK'G POLICE in that COUNTY! DO YOU WONDER WHY THERE WERE NO RECORDS OF ANY REPORTS THERE ???

Children do not have the mental capacity to understand what is happening and how to process it. That's why pedophiles can be successful. Darwin, you start aiming at Matt as though he was part of the problem, then you are not very smart.

It is good that you cannot understand this because that means you probably never had to deal with this type of abuse. However, the scars of abuse last a lifetime and it takes many, many years to dig yourself up out of the hole that you fall into once you have been a victim of abuse.

Darwin, you and so many other people have no clue about sexual abuse. He's stuck with it the rest of his life. These kids are forced to feel things they aren't ready to at the hands of people who have no business touching them. Does that explain it clearly enough? So now this guy has to tell the entire world that this big wig touched him and rubbed him repeatedly. Does that sound like fun to you?

i was sexually abused by my grandfather at the age of 7 i am now 56 yrs old I've never spoke out about it until now. i don't remember all of it but i do know it happened. i feel for these boys.my parents and my grand mother went to there graves never knowing what happened to me.will always carry this with me.i wish i would have sought out help. it will never happen to my children.i would kill that person to burden a child with that...........i hope he fries once a perv. always a perv.

Matt's ex-wife said that he would get physically sick and throw up even when he just talked to his father on the phone.

your comment...just made me remember something. I hope you never have to see that man again.

I was molested, I know how u feel, I still havent came forwrd yet....ur brave!!!!

You want details u little as$hole???!!! how bout u get raped and then give us details, u moran!!!!

robbie, calm down, read the last sentence.