Sandusky's Charity Resignation Letter Turns Up

PHILADELPHIA - FOX 29 News has obtained a copy of former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky's resignation letter from the charity that he founded.

The document with the file name "Letter_From_Jerry" was removed from The Second Mile's website at some point. A copy of the undated letter was found in a Google search cache.

The Altoona Mirror reported in September 2010 that Sandusky was stepping down at that time.

READ: Sandusky's Second Mile Resignation Letter

Sandusky faces 40 counts of sexual abuse alleged to have been committed between 1995 and 2005 involving eight boys he met through his charity.

FOX 29 News has also learned from sources that as many as nine more victims may have come forward in the case.

Sandusky is free on $100,000 bail, and his preliminary hearing has been postponed until Dec. 7.

Two more university officials, athletic director Tim Curley and school administrator Gary Schultz, were charged this week with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse. Both have stepped down.

Head coach Joe Paterno announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of the football season, and there is a report that the university President Graham Spanier will either quit or be replaced .

Penn State trustees are meeting Friday and the board has said it will appoint a special committee to investigate the scandal.

Sandusky was an unpaid director at Second Mile on 2008 tax documents filed with the IRS, but he was gone from that list in the 2009 Form 990 for the fiscal year that ended in August 2010.

A 2007 tax document indicates that Sandusky was paid $57,000 that year for "consulting," about $36,000 of that for "program services," $9,000 for "management and general," and almost $12,000 for "fundraising."

In his resignation letter, Sandusky wrote, "Dear Friends, As a new school year begins and we get ready to launch another year of Second Mile programs, I realize more than ever how many special people have come forward through the years to make it possible for us to reach out to so many children across Pennsylvania."

The letter mentions a plan to build a "Center for Excellence" in 2011, and Sandusky writes that, "Watching this unfold has been an exciting and rewarding experience."

"As I reflect on these developments and my own path with The Second Mile, I believe this is a good time for me to retire from my day to day involvement with the organization in order to devote more time to my family and personal matters," Sandusky's letter states. "Fortunately, the organization has planned and prepared well for the future, so I feel especially confident in taking this step at this time. I will continue to support Second Mile children, and I look forward to catching up with you at future Second Mile events."

"I want to thank all of you for all you've contributed to the success of The Second Mile," he added. "I will always cherish the special friendships I've made and the opportunities I've had to be involved in the lives of so many outstanding young people."

Sandusky goes on to discuss being able to attend the marriage of a Second Mile graduate, a Marine whom he says attended the organization's "Summer Challenge Program" and is apparently pictured with Sandusky on the resignation letter posted online.

A Marine by the same name spoke out in Sandusky's defense in a letter to the editor published in a May 2011 edition of the Centre Daily Times , about a month after news of a grand jury investigating Sandusky was first published.