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Pa. official: Penn St. victims should come forward

HARRISBURG — Investigators today encouraged anyone who would accuse former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky of sexual assault to talk to police.

Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly specifically asked that a child reportedly assaulted by Sandusky in view of a graduate student to call detectives about the 2002 encounter. She also said the university's longtime football coach, Joe Paterno, is not a target of the investigation into how the school handled the accusations.

Kelly spoke at a news conference today, two days after child sexual abuse charges were filed against Sandusky and about an hour before two high-ranking Penn State administrators were to face arraignment on charges they lied to a grand jury and failed to properly report suspected child abuse by the ex-football coach.

Late Sunday, after a meeting of the board of trustees, university President Graham Spanier announced that Athletic Director Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, the school's senior vice president for business and finance, would be leaving their posts.

Both men have maintained they are innocent of any wrongdoing in connection with the probe into whether Sandusky sexually abused eight boys — preteens and young teenagers — over a 15-year period.

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