Sandusky might keep $59,000 Penn State pension despite conviction

Pennsylvania’s public officials or retirees are required to forfeit their pensions under the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS) if they commit “certain crimes that breach the member’s duty of faithful and honest public service.” The list does not include sex crimes…

Nicholas Maiale, chairman of the SERS board, told PennLive.com that he will get a legal review of the board’s options in this case. “I am a Penn Stater and I am a citizen of Pennsylvania, and we are all morally outraged about this case and what happened to those kids,” he said, though he is not optimistic about a forfeiture.