Allentown School Hides Rap of 3 Rapes

A 12 year old student known for now as F.H. to protect his privacy is being charged with three counts of rape to his six year old peers. The charge claims that he going into a bathroom stall and sexually assaulting a first-grade boy. What makes the issue so much more is that the school knew about the first rape, and did nothing. They knew they had a problem but refused to do anything about it. Instead of contacting authorities the faculty covered up the rape, and let him attend class as if nothing had happened. This is what led him to sexual assault two more first grade boys.

Parents of the children are disgusted that this could happen under the teacher's knowledge. They also are amazed that this could happen so close to home and that a student like this went to school with their children.

The parents of the children have filed a 15 million dollar lawsuit against the school district claiming their ignorance caused the rapes, and they feel that the school district is not holding any responsibility for what they let happen. The districts lawyer asked to have the lawsuit dismissed stating that the school can not be held liable because they failed to protect the students, ever though he never did dispute the rapes. This caused the parents to start an uproar over the case.

The school said that they covered the initial rape, to prevent any violence that could occur due to the issue. After being let back into class, another student witnessed him with the third boy. All the rapes happened over a four month interval, starting in December of 2003.

The law states that schools are not responsible for any damages if it is proven they made an attempt to protect the children. The student was found guilty in juvenile court and was issued to stay in juvenile detention until he turns 18. As for the lawsuit, it is still pending, even though it was stated that the school has a very low chance of winning the case. The judgment for the case to be dismissed yet before a judge, and a date has not been set.

This incident just goes to show how hard it is to hold up a civil law suit against a school district, when the school feels they have done nothing wrong.