Boy, 6, Accused Of Molesting Fellow Students

[Whisper]

MIDDLETON, Mass. --
Officials in this small, rural town said that a 6-year-old first-grade student molested students in his classroom while the teacher's back was turned.

"We've had sexually inappropriate behavior at the first-grade level between students," admitted Superintendent Bernard Creeden.

The boy, whose name was not released by police or school officials, is accused of sexually assaulting at least 10 male students in his class.
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"He was pulling kids' pants down, threatening to beat them up if they said anything to any adult and touching them," said the parent of one of the alleged victims, who did not wish to be identified. "He was massaging my son, asking him to pull his pants down or he was going to beat him up."

At a raucous public meeting Tuesday, during which police had to calm the crowd, parents accused Principal Malvena Baxter of knowing about the abuse a month ago. The school said it became aware of the incidents a week-and-a-half ago and notified parents on Friday.
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Police believe the incidents may have started as physical bullying, progressed into sexual molestation and ended with the boy allegedly threatening his victims to keep quiet.
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Under Massachusetts law, no one under 7 years old can be charged with a crime. Some of the alleged victims' parents said that is not what they wanted in any case.

"I don't necessarily believe that any of the parents there have any interest in persecuting a 6-year-old. It's more the negligence of the school. They didn't deal with it and just put a lot of other kids in harm's way," said the father of one of the alleged victims.

Creeden said that the boy was given a 10-day suspension and was placed in an alternative education facility. He said the school will review its internal policies about communicating with parents.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news...50/detail.html

[Valasca]

er, 10 male students?
is he gay without even knowing it?
hmmm,

[Twisted]

First, it is possible that he's gay, and may even know it. However, it's also quite possible that he's not, and in fact that gets scarier. This could be seen as a somewhat twisted off-shoot of normal curiosity about one's own body, and the difference between it and bodies around the child. That sort of curiosity is normal.

However, the method by which the boy is expressing this curiosity is the biggest concern. That suggests that he has been in an environment where such behavior has been performed by others, and he has responded to it and mimicked it as children often do.

More likely than anything, the abuser here is a victim of sexual abuse from someone far more aware of what is wrong in what they're doing than he is.

[Valasca]

More likely than anything, the abuser here is a victim of sexual abuse from someone far more aware of what is wrong in what they're doing than he is.

Good call. I hadn't thought if that.
Thank you for correcting me.

[AngelFire]

What Twisted said. If the kid was curious he wouldn't have done it the way he did. The impression I got was that the kid has had this same thing happen to him, and he is doing it now to others. It seems he is acting out what has or is still happening to him. Sad, a 6 year old....

[Jerri Blank]

You all took the words out of my mouth.

he is doing this also while the teachers backs turned which tells me he also was made aware to hide this behavior. he defiantly is a victim and I hope some one does something to help this child.

[Athena]

I certainly hope the possibility that he himself has been victimized in a similar manner is being addressed and investigated accordingly. It's possible that he's not actually been a victim, though.

[Whisper]

This young to be doing something like this I would think hes been victimized.
If not,then they are in for a very scary adult