Which is why I question what is supposed to have happened next.
The summary says that Paterno then called athletic director Tim Curley "to his home the very next day, a Sunday, and reported to him that the graduate assistant had seen Jerry Sandusky in the Lasch Building showers fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy."
Fondling? Something of a sexual nature? While still totally inappropriate, that's quite a sanitized version of what has been alleged. One explanation is that McQueary never provided that level of detail to Paterno.
And two other observations bear mention. First, that a day passed before Paterno met with Curley is curious. If McQueary really reported to Paterno that he'd witnessed a rape, that one-day delay doesn't make sense. The situation called for more urgency.
Equally mysterious is McQueary's absence from the meeting between Paterno and Curley. If Paterno was told of a rape, he would have wanted McQueary to relay the details to Curley himself. It seems implausible that Paterno would assume responsibility for relating such a serious claim to Curley in McQueary's absence. This was far too important a subject for a case of whisper down the lane.
What seems more likely is that if McQueary told Paterno he'd witnessed a rape, Paterno would have immediately summoned Curley to his home (on Saturday) with McQueary still there. And even if he could not connect with Curley until Sunday, you'd think Paterno would have wanted McQueary present for that meeting.
But that didn't happen. Instead, the grand jury summary suggests that Paterno met with Curley without McQueary. So what does it all mean?
