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Letters: Honesty doesn't pay for Penn State whistle-blower

My wife and I just read about Mike McQueary and his troubles after he blew the whistle on Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children ("Whistle-blower trial to start," Oct. 17).

ISSUE | PENN STATE SEX-ABUSE SCANDAL

It doesn't pay to stand up for what's right

My wife and I just read about Mike McQueary and his troubles after he blew the whistle on Jerry Sandusky's sexual abuse of children ("Whistle-blower trial to start," Oct. 17).

It's a real shame for the former assistant football coach at Penn State - he was the only honest person in the whole mess. For being honest, he has no job, no prospects for work, his wife left him, and now he lives with his parents. He also has had to pay his legal fees.

Penn State footed the bill for those who allegedly kept quiet but knew of the situation - former President Graham B. Spanier, former athletic director Tim Curley, and former vice president Gary Schultz. New rule: Honesty is not the best policy.

Madalin and Anthony Zajko, Glenolden