Paterno allegedly told of sex abuse in ’76

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (AP) — A judge says insurers in litigation with Penn State claim a boy told coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that he had been molested by Jerry Sandusky.

Pennlive.com reported Thursday that the order by Philadelphia Judge Gary Glazer also cites reports by unnamed assistant coaches they witnessed inappropriate contact between Sandusky and children.

Sandusky is serving decades in prison for sexual abuse of boys, the earliest incident in 1998.

Paterno went to university higher-ups with an assistant’s 2001 report of Sandusky abusing a child in a team shower, and told a grand jury in 2011 he didn’t “know of anything else” involving Sandusky.

A Paterno family spokesman tells Pennlive.com that there’s no evidence to corroborate the new disclosure and that Paterno never covered up Sandusky’s actions.