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Judge: 3 Penn State ex-officials to stand trial
Penn State Abuse Heal
Former Penn State director of athletics Tim Curley exits the Dauphin County Courthouse, Monday, July 29, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. Curley faces charges in the child sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) - photo by Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State's ex-president and two former top school administrators were ordered Tuesday to stand trial on charges accusing them of a cover-up in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, a court ruling that promises to prolong the media attention and court battles casting a shadow over the university. Prosecutors showed enough evidence during a two-day preliminary hearing to warrant a trial for ex-President Graham Spanier, former vice president Gary Schultz and ex-athletic director Tim Curley, District Judge William Wenner concluded. Wenner called it "a tragic day for Penn State University."