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Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago. • The allegations are similar to those made against a top Philadelphia archdiocese official who was convicted on child endangerment charges last month. • Duquesne University law professor Wes Oliver said former FBI Director Louis Freeh's investigative report on the Penn State scandal reads like a prosecution case for a child endangerment charge against Paterno, then-President Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley and now-retired vice president Gary Schultz. • Oliver noted that Monsignor William Lynn was convicted for allowing a suspected pedophile priest to be around children. Prosecutors said Lynn helped the Philadelphia archdiocese keep predators in ministry and the public in the dark. • "If you look at what happened here, it's very clear that they were aware that they had a pedophile on their campus," Oliver said. • ___
Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit remains a mystery despite recent celebrity status
• JERUSALEM (AP) -- Nine months after he was freed from Hamas captivity in a lopsided prisoner swap, Gilad Schalit is emerging from the shadows -- showing up at parties, sporting events and even writing a newspaper column. • Even so, the former Israeli soldier remains an enigma. He has refrained from giving interviews and has shared few details about his 5 1/2 years of captivity in a Gaza basement. But he hasn't vanished from sight -- quite the opposite. • The slender 25-year-old has morphed into a celebrity from an awkward, anony
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