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Monday, November 7, 2011
Sandusky autobiography "touched"
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This image light faded on the weekend, when police arrested him for seven counts of s ‘involuntarily displace sex and other charges, including aggravated indecent assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
Sandusky, 67, were allegedly involved in the fondling, oral sex and anal sex with young men in a period of more than 10 years, according to the synthesis of an investigation by the State Grand Jury testimony. He maintains he is innocent. Penn State’s head football coach Joe Paterno spoke for many in the community when he called the chain of abuse allegations against the Sandusky “shocking.” id = “expand16″> cnn_strylftcexpbx “class =” cnn_strylftcntnt victims urged to file
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The charges give a whole new on the title of his autobiography, “Touched:. The story of Jerry Sandusky,” published in 2001, the book explores the career of Sandusky and participation to charities for children.
Starting defensive endNittany Lions to three years, Sandusky came nearly two years of his coaching career working outside of Penn State, most of them as defensive coordinator.
College Sandusky called “largely responsible for Penn State to earn the nickname” Linebacker U “, with 10 of his supporters won the first-team All-America honors.” Eleven years ago, he retired to devote more attention to second mile, the program he founded for troubled youth. However, it has always maintained ties with the university to continue as a volunteer with skills life of the department of sports programs and outreach.“playing football has been a wonderful career, since I have been in contact with many outstanding young people,” he said in Sandusky a statement at the time, published by the university. “The ability to impact the lives of many student-athletes who have gone through the program was one of the great rewards for me. Penn State football is special because the sense of family created by those associated with the program today and the players, coaches and staff members who were part of it in recent years.
“active retirement coaching will allow me to spend more time on the second mile. As the organization grew, the demands of my hands on participation has increased dramatically. The staff did a wonderful job of building the organization, which now affects more than 150,000 children a year across eight different programs. I am eager to devote my energies full time to extend the reach and influence of the second mile at a time when children seem to be more at risk ‘“I always felt that Jerry had two loves:. One was, of course, his ability, his desire to help young people in the second mile and be a head coach, “Paterno said at a press conference in 2008.” It could have been a head coach some places, but in fact he walked away because they were asked to give up certain things in the second mile. “
In his book, Sandusky, wrote of his” life as unusual “. ” My time on this earth has always been unique, “he wrote.” In the times when I found myself looking for maturity, usually come with madness. That’s the way it is in the life of Gerald Arthur Sandusky. ” He writes about people who have touched their lives. “I sometimes wish I could press a button to bring back the days when life was much easier with the children. The times do not worry what they were missing drugs, alcohol and sex, “he wrote. “They do not have to worry about protection against AIDS and HIV enjoyed the simple pleasures of life at a time naive. It was a moment of activities and outings simple costume is just like the other people as individuals … “ A search on the text of his book on amazon.com shows no other reference to” sex “and any reference to” abuse “. Milla II issued a statement Monday saying, “recently published data on the extent of the allegations of the Attorney General brings a shock, sadness and anxiety of the Organization of the second mile. Our prayers, Care and compassion are with all those affected. “lawyer said Sandusky Sandusky was known about the costs for three years. “Jerry feels because of his record and reputation that took a long time to reach this conclusion and has been prepared for this,” said Joseph Amendola CNN affiliate WJAC.
CNN contacted Amendola and not receive an immediate response.and Kiran Khalid contributed to this report.
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