Graham Spanier, the former president of Penn State University who lost his job amid the school’s infamous sex-abuse scandal, has been criminally charged with covering up reports that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had abused young boys on campus.
Linda Kelly, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, said Thursday that a grand jury had found evidence that Spanier was part of a ‘‘conspiracy of silence’’ to cover up abuse at the State College, Pa., campus, making him the highest-ranking university official to be charged with a crime in connection with Sandusky’s actions.
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A massive cover-up affecting the welfare of children with tragic results. What happened at Penn State is a lesson to all; children cannot protect themselves without adults looking out for their best interest.
About time.