joe paterno knew about the allegations of jerry sandusky. sandusky accused of abusing eight boys over 15 years. the number of accusers is actually growing. now the school is saying assistant coach mike mcqueary will not be at tomorrow s game because he is receiving death threats. david lee miller at state college, pennsylvania, to fill us in on some of the details. reporter: here is the latest. the meeting of the board of trustees is taking place behind me and ended a few moments ago. the bored of trustees did what they promised to do establish a special committee to look at the child abuse scandal. ken frazier will chair the committee. he said they will look into procedures an policies that need to the be changed. he said, i quote we ll get to the bottom of this mess. students, faculty, alumni will serve on the special committee. charm of the board of trustees also spoke. said the board is committed to restoring public trust. here is more of what he had to say. special investigati
a.m. you know what, the end of an era at penn state. the nittany lions have lost their coach of five decades, a university president has been fired and a sex scandal has rocked the campus and this country. last night you saw the students protesting on campus, in town and right in front of joe paterno s home. hey, look, get a good night s sleep. all right. study, all right. we still got things to do. all right. i m out it maybe now. thanks. pray a little bit for those victims. coach. you are a legend, joe! penn state! pray a little bit for those victims. jason carroll in state college, pennsylvania. so, let s talk about how the board acted so swiftly and why do you think it did so? well, i think if you were to listen to the vice chairman of the board that said wednesday was the first time, kyra, that the board really had a chance to sit down and deliberate the entire issue, the board basically saying that they thought in order to have coach paterno out there coachi
charges that they lied to a grand jury about a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant football coach. jerry san does i can is accused of sexually abusing eight victimses, mostly teenage boys, and it happened over 15 years. he and penn state officials deny the lui is here. tough for college ball fans like you and myself. it s one of the most storied college football teams, penn state. one of the most visible coaches jerry sandusky facing a child abuse scandal that is overshadowing legendary accomplishments and stellar season starts. it involves 40 counts from 1994 to 2009. 21 felony, each holding as many as 20 years in prison and 19 misdemeanors. and the allegations, they are graphic. one witness saying he saw sandusky having sex with a 10-year-old and another saying he assaulted him in the shower
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recalled how many britains were sacrificed for resisting what he called an evil ideology. that statement is of course important given the pope s own history, but it s not the only statement he s made to try and heal rifts made during the visit. he s met in historic meetings with the anglican church leader, bishop of canterbury. you remember that famously 500 years ago the two churches split in a famous schism when king henry viii decided he should be the new head of the protestant british church. it s been a very eventful meeting. heels also made an enormously important he s also made an enormously important statement about the child abuse scandal that s rocked the catholic church throughout much of his time. he expressed yesterday his deep sorrow for the crimes committed by some catholic priests on children. he also spoke in words this were very strong. he mentioned the shame and