Tim CurleyPenn State Athletic Director Tim Curley and senior administrator Gary Schultz have been charged with perjury and failure to report a crime during the investigation of former defensive coach Jerry Sandusky.
The information was posted to
this morning, as Sandusky was being arraigned
Sources also tell The Patriot-News that head coach Joe Paterno will not be charged.
Gary SchultzThe perjury charges against Curley and Schultz are third-degree felonies, punishable by up to seven years in prison. Failure to report is only a summary offense, like a traffic ticket.
Tim Curley has been athletic director since 1993, and held his post when allegations were reported to Penn State police in 1998.
Schultz retired from his position in 2009, and returned temporarily to the job while a national search was being conducted.
Attorney General Linda Kelly says Curley and Schultz perjured themselves by repeatedly denying, during the grand jury investigation, that they were told about an incident in 2002 that was reported by a graduate football assistant who walked on Sandusky taking a shower with a young boy.
Kelly said, "rather than reporting the matter to law enforcement, Curley and Schultz agreed that Sandusky would be told he could not bring any Second Mile children into the football building. That message was also reportedly related to Dr. John Raykovitz at the Second Mile (Past Executive Director and Executive Vice-President and currently the President and CEO of the Second Mile)," the statement says."
Despite that ban, which was reviewed by Penn State President Graham Spanier, there was no change in Sandusky's status with the school, no changes to his access to campus, and no charges were brought.
As part of his retirement, sources tell The Patriot-News that Sandusky was given a key and an on-campus office.
"The failure of top university officials to act on reports of Sandusky's alleged sexual misconduct, even after it was reported to them in graphic detail by an eyewitness, allowed a predator to walk free for years - continuing to target new victims," Kelly said.