In the interview with Costas -- as reported on the website of NBC's "Rock Center with Brian Williams" show -- Sandusky admitted that he has "horsed around" and "done some of the things" detailed in the graphic 23-page grand jury report released earlier this month.
But, when pressed, the 67-year-old Sandusky said that the only thing he did wrong was having "showered with kids."Excerpts of the interview are set to air at 10 p.m. Monday on NBC.
Sandusky was arrested on November 5, after the release of a graphic 23-page grand jury report detailing alleged crimes that he committed between 1994 and 2009. Some of those allegedly happened on Penn State's campus, including one witnessed by then-graduate assistant coach Mike McQueary in 2002. McQueary told head football coach Joe Paterno what he had seen, and Paterno then alerted athletic director Tim Curley, but law enforcement didn't learn of the alleged incident until years later.
After Sandusky was charged this month with 40 counts of sexually abusing children, Judge Leslie Dutchcot freed him on $100,000 bail, against the wishes of prosecutors.
A biography of Dutchcot posted on the website of the law firm Goodall & Yurchak lists her as a volunteer for Second Mile. It is not clear whether Dutchcot currently has any affiliation with the organization.
CNN tried to contact the judge but has not received a response.
"She certainly should have raised the issue in public and then asked the parties if either one wanted her to recuse herself," opined CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
School trustees fired university president Graham Spanier and Paterno last week on the heels of Sandusky's arrest, with the iconic coach's firing spurring riots on campus. McQueary was himself placed on "administrative leave."
The head of Second Mile, a charity founded by Sandusky, resigned Sunday, the group's board of directors said in a statement Monday. Both Jack Raykovitz, the charity's CEO for 28 years, "and the board believe this is in the best interests of the organization."
Saying that the "safety and well-being of the children" is central to its mission, the board announced it will conduct an internal investigation and make "recommendations regarding the organization's future operations. We hope to have those findings by the end of December."
The organization also vowed to cooperate fully with the state attorney general's investigation.
Sandusky is alleged to have molested young boys after developing close relationships with them through Second Mile, according to a grand jury report.
Sandusky told the charity in November 2008 that he was being investigated "as a result of allegations made against him by an adolescent male in Clinton County," the group said. "Although he maintained there was no truth to the claims, we are an organization committed first and foremost to the safety and well-being of the children we serve. Consistent with that commitment and with The Second Mile policy, we immediately made the decision to separate him from all of our program activities involving children."
Raykovitz is a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist, according to his biography on the website of the MidStep Centers for Child Development, where he once had a part-time practice. He received his doctorate at Penn State.
David Woodle, the board's vice chairman, will take over day-to-day operations.
Second Mile is not the only charity being called into question due to the scandal.
Sandusky and his wife were a host family through the Fresh Air Fund, which sends inner-city children to volunteer families and camps in non-urban locales, a spokeswoman for the charity said.
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