WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former FBI Director Louis Freeh‘s report on Pennsylvania State University‘s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal will be released on Thursday, Freeh said.
The report will come eight months after Penn State’s trustees hired Freeh and his law firm to carry out an independent investigation into the abuse allegations involving Sandusky, a former assistant football coach, and university officials.
The results of the investigation will be published online at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) on Thursday, Freeh said on Tuesday in a statement. He will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) in Philadelphia to discuss the findings and recommendations.
The online publication will be the first time anyone outside the probe has seen the report, including Penn State trustees, the statement said.
Sandusky, 68, was convicted last month of 45 counts of child molestation involving 10 boys. Some of the sexual abuse took place at Penn State football facilities.
The explosive allegations involving Sandusky rocked Penn State and prompted the firing in November of university President Graham Spanier and head coach Joe Paterno, who won more games than any other major college football coach.
Paterno died of lung cancer in January.
Former Athletic Director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, a former university vice president, face charges of perjury and failure to report suspected abuse stemming from the alleged cover-up of a 2001 incident involving Sandusky and a boy in a shower at Penn State’s football facilities.
CNN reported last month that emails among senior Penn State officials showed they feared they could be “vulnerable” for failing to report the incident.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; editing by Christopher Wilson)
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