By Fitzgerald Cecilio

Another episode in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation saga unfolded as three men emerged and claimed they were abused by the former Penn State assistant football coach in the 1970s and 1980s.

One of the three new accusers told investigators that he was molested in the early 1970s, according to the Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The police are aware of the three new accusers, according to the report.

The newspaper said Pennsylvania grand jury that brought the Sandusky indictment is still meeting and could potentially hear testimony from more potential victims but it is not yet known whether the attorney general's office would be open to filing more charges.

It is unknown if these men were contacted or interviewed by former FBI director Louis Freeh's team, which was hired by Penn State to do an internal review of the scandal and the university's response

Recently convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse, Sandusky faces a minimum of 60 years in prison and is awaiting sentencing, which could take months to complete.

During the trial, Sandusky's defense had argued that a person doesn't become a pedophile in his or her 50s. Sandusky turned 68 in January. None of Sandusky's 10 previously known victims had predated the 1990s.

In his report released Thursday, Freeh said his review for Penn State's board of trustees had not found evidence predating the 1990s. Freeh's team interviewed more than 430 people and reviewed more than 3 million documents.

The 267-page Freeh report concluded that former Penn State coach Joe Paterno -- along with former president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and former vice president Gary Schultz -- conducted a cover-up of abuse allegations against Sandusky.

 

"Our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky's child victims. The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized."

 

 

Three Men Claim Sandusky Abused Them in 1970s and 80s