Mr. Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator under Mr. Paterno, has been charged with sexually abusing eight boys across a 15-year period, and Mr. Paterno has been widely criticized for failing to involve the police when he learned of the allegation of the assault of the young boy in 2002.<\/p>\n
Additionally, two top university officials \u201d\u201d Gary Schultz, the senior vice president for finance and business, and Tim Curley, the athletic director \u201d\u201d were charged with perjury and failure to report to authorities what they knew of the allegations, as required by state law.<\/p>\n
Since Mr. Sandusky\u2019s arrest Saturday, officials at Penn State \u201d\u201d notably its president, Graham B. Spanier, and Mr. Paterno \u201d\u201d have come under withering criticism for a failure to act adequately after learning, at different points over the years, that Mr. Sandusky might have been abusing children. Newspapers have called for their resignations; prosecutors have suggested their inaction led to more children being harmed by Mr. Sandusky; and students and faculty at the university have expressed a mix of disgust and confusion, and a hope that much of what prosecutors have charged is not true.<\/p>\n