Jerry Sandusky could keep his Penn State pension

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse after the fourth day of his child sex abuse trial on June 14, 2012, in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. / Getty Images
(CBS/AP) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania's public employee pension system says it won't be able to say if Jerry Sandusky will lose his retirement benefits until after he's sentenced, a proceeding expected in about three months.
Sandusky's $59,000 per year state pension is still being paid out, even after being convicted on 45 criminal counts for sexually abusing 10 boys, reports CBS affiliate KYW in Philadelphia. As he sits in the Centre County prison now, Sandusky is currently collecting monthly pension checks totaling $4,908.17.
A spokeswoman for the State Employees' Retirement System said Wednesday the agency doesn't speculate about potential future actions under the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act, but did say the pension board would fully review Sandusky's case once he is sentenced.
Offenses that trigger forfeiture are generally along the lines of theft, obstruction and perjury. A pension system document says forfeiture can also occur when a school employee commits certain sex offenses against a student.
The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported in November that Sandusky also collected a $148,000 lump sum payment when he retired from the university in 1999.
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A witness to one of Sandusky's attacks told Paterno that he saw something inappropriate. He did not go into the gross details. He was only reporting about seeing something inappropriate. Joe then informed University and figured they would handle it. Joe was in his own football zone for decades and did not pay much attention to the politics of all the other jobs & personnel at the college. Joe felt he has done what was right by redirecting the report to his superiors. Then Joe went on about his football business as usual. Joe saw nothing. The university was wanting to shed responsibility for the whole mess and they pointed back to Joe because Joe told them. The person who saw the attack should have reported it to police. Joe lost everything, then lost his life. Now his widow has nothing.
Mr. Sandusky will also have to face the prospect that a lineup of known and potential victims will sue his a$$ through every court in the land. I will even go so far as to say that JoePa's family as well as Schultz 'n' Curley and their families will also be looking down the gun barrel of lawsuits out the wazoo. After the dust settles in ten or so years and we all have a chance to catch our breaths, I would be surprised if Joy-boy Jerry ends up with sufficient funding to afford a haircut.
Pension? it's as good as history.....