The report compiled by former FBI Director Louis Freeh on the Penn State University sex-abuse scandal has prompted Temple University to review its own policies and procedures in cases of suspected sexual misconduct and what university officials’ response would be to allegations of that kind.

Temple has appointed a 10-member task force to identify possible implications for the university, based on the findings of Freeh’s PSU probe.

Other colleges and universities should heed the advice of acting Temple president Richard Eng-lert, who said he believes every university should regard the Freeh report as an opportunity to review its own policies and procedures.

Regardless of what problems Penn State might have had in the past on any front, nothing prepared the university, students, alumni or anyone else for the devastating consequences emanating from Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse of young boys over a 15-year period, including incidents that took place inside campus facilities.

If there’s been an unintended window for such terrible incidents to occur at any other school — whether or not there’s ever actually been an incident — action must be taken to close it.

In regard to Penn State, the Freeh report recommended an evaluation of security and access protocols for all campus buildings. It urged better tracking of university programs involving children, abuse awareness, and reporting training for faculty, coaches and staff.

Penn State should have had top university officials better trained concerning properly addressing such incidents — and better schooled in the implications and possible fallout from improper or inadequate responses.

If top Penn State officials ever thought that by doing nothing the university never would have to answer for their neglect and desire to protect the university, they — and anyone who has followed the scandal — now realize the danger of hiding a problem and hoping that it will go away.

The Temple University task force will recommend actions, if warranted, on the Philadelphia campus. Any other college or university that chooses to launch such a self-examination should commit to doing the same.

Penn State has learned important lessons from the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and those lessons must guide others beyond the State College main campus and its branch facilities.

There must never be an opportunity for a similar scandal, at Penn State or anywhere else.