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"An event to raise awareness about child abuse in the Susquehanna Valley drew a lot of attention Wednesday morning as members of Joe Paterno's family spoke to the audience.Sue and Jay Paterno, the wife and son of the late Penn State football coach, spoke at an event at the Harrisburg Hilton.Click here to watch Jere Gish's live report.Both talked about their experiences with Jerry Sandusky and the fact that they failed to realize he was a sexual predator and why it's so important for everyone to know the signs of child abuse.The event was an annual breakfast for the Pennsylvania Family Support Alliance -- a group that works to train people to recognize the signs of child abuse.Sue Paterno said before the Jerry Sandusky scandal she and her family were ignorant of the magnitude of the child abuse problem.She said the past 17 months have been filled with horror and sleepless nights, wondering why they were so unaware and why they did not see the signs in Sandusky.\"We had been unaware of how a predator behaves. And in many cases we unknowingly helped him groom his victims while we thought we were helping the child achieve self esteem and find a better life,\" said Sue Paterno.\"I worked with Jerry Sandusky for several years. My own children were around him. My own children were around him at youth soccer games. I didn't see anything. I didn't know what to look for. Perhaps with awareness I could have seen something so I could have said something,\" said Jay Paterno.Jay Paterno said he realized that his family's presence at the event was controversial to some.But he said he was not there to defend his dad. He was there to talk about the responsibility everyone has to the children of Pennsylvania."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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