Spanier, Curley, Schultz sentenced to jail time in fallout from Sandusky sex abuse case

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Nearly five years after Jerry Sandusky was sentenced for sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period, former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley, ex Penn State President Graham Spanier and former university official Gary Schultz were sentenced to jail time.

During their sentencing Friday afternoon in Harrisburg the now 68-year-old Spanier, who took his case to trial, was sentenced to 4-to-12 months in prison. Spanier's sentence will include two months in jail and two months under house arrest. In addition, he will serve two years on probation, but plans to appeal.



Schultz, now 67, was given a sentence of 6-to-23 months, with two of those months spent in prison and four months under house arrest. Curley was given a sentence of 7-to-23 months, with three months in jail and four months on house arrest.

All three were previously convicted of the misdemeanor charge of child endangerment, which stemmed from a 2001 incident in the Lasch Football Building between Sandusky and a 10-year-old boy in the shower. Curley, Spanier and Schultz were informed of the incident by then graduate assistant Mike McQueary, but none of them reported the incident to police or child welfare officials. Sandusky continued to sexually abuse more boys until he was was arrested in 2011.

"Why Mr. Sandusky was allowed to continue to the Penn State facilities is beyond me," Judge John Boccabella said during sentencing.

Curley, Spanier and Schultz acknowledged that they could've done more and apologized during sentencing.

"I am very remorseful I did not comprehend the severity of the situation. I sincerely apologize to the victims and to all who were impacted because of my mistake," Curley said, according to the Associated Press.

Sandusky continues to appeal his 45-count conviction and the 73-year-old is serving a 30-to-60 year prison sentence.

Former football coach Joe Paterno, who was fired during the fallout from the sexual abuse scandal and died in 2012 without ever being charged with a crime, was not left unmentioned during sentencing. Boccabella said Paterno, like Curley, Spanier and Schultz, could have done more.

"Mr. Paterno, the legendary football coach, could have made that phone call without so much as getting his hands dirty," Boccabella said.