Would Joe Paterno be facing charges if he were still alive?

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no, and he wouldn't deserve them

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I believe it's against the law to let a serious felony go on (and on and on) without doing something (anything) to stop it/report it.

first of all, there's every chance it would be difficult to prove Paterno's knowledge was able to reach such a high standard as set forth above.  and second, is this actually true?  and further from there, even if it is, why should it be?  surely as a libertarian you are sensitive to civil liberties issues.  do you not see the danger in requiring people to share information with law enforcement against their own will just because a crime may have been committed?

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so it all reduces down to the silly fetishization of childhood innocence.  Freud probably thought he did away with this garbage once and for all, but!  here we are.

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Yes, raping a child is such a silly fetish.

that has nothing to do with what I was saying

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Well, what are you saying then because it seems either a tangent or something that is abhorrent and in profoundly bad taste.

I'm using 'fetishization' in the 'commodity fetishism' sense, not in the 'scatology fetishism' sense.

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I never stated the Sandusky sex acts should be considered consensual nor be legal.

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I don't believe that, I believe the only time one should be compelled to speak to an agent of the law is through a warrant or subpoena.