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jsr

(7,712 posts)
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:06 PM Dec 2012

Pennsylvania parents convicted for making son have sex with mother

http://www.freep.com/article/20121207/NEWS07/121207096/Parents-sexually-abuse-son-Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania parents convicted for making son have sex with mother
Associated Press

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — A couple were convicted Friday of sexually abusing their young son, who testified that he had frequent sexual encounters with his mom while his dad offered him instructions or tips on what to do.

The 14-year-old boy told jurors at his parents' sex abuse trial that he began having intercourse with his mom on his eighth birthday, about a year after his dad began showing him pornography.

The northeastern Pennsylvania boy, who was homeschooled, said he didn't know that sex with his mom was wrong until years later, when he was placed in foster care...

Prosecutors said the boy lived in squalor and didn't know how to use eating utensils or tie his shoelaces when removed from his Plymouth, Luzerne County, home in August 2010.

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Pennsylvania parents convicted for making son have sex with mother (Original Post) jsr Dec 2012 OP
intercourse? mike_c Dec 2012 #1
Words fail me. virgogal Dec 2012 #2
I recall a similar case as this years ago and the mother's defense was she was teaching her RKP5637 Dec 2012 #3
... Initech Dec 2012 #4
Beam me up Scotty, the STUPID here is too great, we can't survive in this environment. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #7
so dysfunctional, they have to be Repukes putitinD Dec 2012 #5
Talibornagain "Christians" no doubt. Archae Dec 2012 #8
It was good that he was home-schooled - so he missed the corrupting influences of public schools JPZenger Dec 2012 #6
Homeschooled. Check. xfundy Dec 2012 #9
Same reaction here elfin Dec 2012 #10
WTF? Major Nikon Dec 2012 #11

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
3. I recall a similar case as this years ago and the mother's defense was she was teaching her
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:13 PM
Dec 2012

son not to be gay. Illogical rationalization is a pretty strong human emotion.

elfin

(6,262 posts)
10. Same reaction here
Sat Dec 8, 2012, 12:14 AM
Dec 2012

I think the opportunities for child abuse go way up with increase in acceptance of home schooling.

The child has little or no opportunity to tell someone or for someone to spot the signs of an abusive home environment and take corrective action.

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