PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Sunday he lost confidence in former head football Coach Joe Paterno's ability to lead at Pennsylvania State University.
As a member of the board of trustees at the school, Corbett voted to fire Paterno amid allegations the coach didn't follow through on reporting possible child sex abuse claims against former assistant Jerry Sandusky. Corbett also voted to fire school President Graham Spanier.
"As to the actions of Mr. Paterno, the attorney general made a determination that he had not at this point in time done anything that would be of a criminal nature. But in my opinion, when you don't follow through, when you don't continue on to make sure that actions are taken, then I lose confidence in your ability to lead. That would be the case here," Corbett said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
He said he believes further investigation into the case could turn up more than the eight victims that have already come forward with allegations.
"In looking at other cases like this, it would not be uncommon to find other victims, because when the word gets out, when people understand that authorities are actually doing something about this, that they may be believed, then more people come forward in other investigations," Corbett said. "If I'm to speculate, I wouldn't be surprised if we had more victims come forward. That's why the attorney and the state police have put up numbers for people to call if they've been a victim."
