Moraga School District – What the hell are you doing?
Yesterday my stomach turned. I read this headline: “Moraga School District: Child sex abuse victim was ‘careless and negligent‘ The child being discussed was 12 years old. From under what rock did this school district and their attorneys crawl out? A 12 year-old child is NEVER responsible for the actions of an adult in the abuse of the child. NEVER ever NEVER.
It matters not that the victim is today 30 years old and that the abuse occurred some 18 years in the past. Two middle-school teachers stand accused of sexually abusing her. Saying a 12 year-old asked for the abuse begs us to ask, What the hell is going on in Moraga, CA?
The good folks at “Stop Abuse” have started an online campaign, cause, to send a clear message to Moraga – participate here: Petition to send a clear message to Moraga School District that 12 year-old children are no culpable in their own abuse.
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As the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Love Our Children USA, the the leading national nonprofit and ‘Go-To’ prevention organization fighting all forms of violence and neglect against children in the U.S., I am appalled that anyone could or would even think that a child could be responsible for their own child abuse — sexual or otherwise.
We’ve seen many schools cover up the abuse so they don’t look guilty, so the name of their school isn’t slurred and so they don’t have to pay the victim money — but what these lawyers and the Moraga School District are doing is committing yet another crime against the victim.
Too many schools dismiss child sexual abuse. Just ask the parents of 9 year-old “Jane Doe”, a student at the Village School in Naples, Fl. Their daughter was sexually abused by her teacher who was dismissed and then suddenly re-hired all because he lawyered up. The school was so afraid. And suddenly the Naples police department lost reports and the child was told to leave the school.
Why are children in this country being blamed for being molested at the hands of the adults who are supposed to be protecting them? Why are school boards and districts not protecting our children? Here in NYC there were several cases of child sexual abuse this year and teachers kept their jobs.
Children in this country have no rights and it’s high time they did. If any jury or judge believes that a 12 year-old caused her own sexual abuse then — with all due respect, you all need to be locked up in jail because everyone of you are guilty for committing another crime against the victim!