Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane still has plenty to say about her predecessor Tom Corbett’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky investigation, even as a report she released Monday absolves Corbett of any political maneuvering in the prosecution.

Corbett, now seeking re-election as governor, may have taken longer than he should have to investigate claims of sexual abuse by the former Penn State assistant football coach, but there is no evidence he tried to delay the case for political purposes as he campaigned for governor, according to the report commissioned by Kane.

Corbett was attorney general in March 2009 when the Sandusky case was referred to his office. For more than a year, the investigation centered on one known victim and no physical evidence. The case intensified in November 2011 when another assistant coach, Mike McQueary, said he’d witnessed Sandusky and a victim in a locker room shower.

Sandusky was convicted in 2012 of sexually assaulting 10 boys and was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. Penn State eventually reached civil settlements with 26 victims.

Geoff Moulton, the former federal prosecutor Kane commissioned to conduct her investigation, cleared Corbett of playing politics. His report concluded there is “no direct evidence that electoral politics influenced any important decision made in the Sandusky investigation.”

That did not stop Kane from making new allegations Monday. She claimed two victims reported Sandusky continued to sexually assault them while the investigation was ongoing.

Kane did not offer details and Moulton’s 167-page report makes no mention of the incidents.

Still, Kane harshly criticized Corbett for “an inexcusable lack of urgency in charging and stopping a serial sexual predator.”

The report lifts a dark cloud off of Corbett — a cloud painted by Kane herself when she raised the issue during her campaign for attorney general.

In a prepared statement, Corbett responded: “The Sandusky investigation was conducted with a single purpose: to ensure justice for the victims and families by taking a child predator off the streets. Nothing more. Nothing less. “As I have said many times, this investigation was conducted appropriately and timely.”

The outcome should underscore a reality for every prosecutor: In cases of sexual misconduct, you have only one chance to get it right, and if you get it wrong you could ruin an individual’s reputation, career and family; or, worse yet could destroy a conviction. Meticulous attention to detail is time-consuming but crucial.

Kane’s own record as attorney general — and the fact her report clears Corbett — take the sting out of her criticism.

Earlier this year, the Philadelphia Inquirer disclosed that Kane, a Democrat, had refused to prosecute four state legislators and a judge, all Philadelphia Democrats who were taped accepting cash and gifts from a confidential informant. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, a fellow Democrat, criticized Kane’s decision and, on a dare from Kane, recently picked up the case.

Early on in the Kane-Williams feud, Kane demanded a meeting with the Inquirer editorial board, and went there accompanied by her high-power attorney, Richard Sprague. Sprague hinted at a full-blown investigation and possible defamation lawsuits. They never came about.

Sprague also said he’d advised his client not to speak. Perhaps Kane now wishes she had taken her attorney’s advice.