[caligatrux]

The term "rape" is used by the author of the article because clearly the special needs girl did not want to be sodomized by the boy.

However, nothing in the article suggests there are any charges of rape, or anycriminal charges at all, pending against the boy.

This doesn't look like a criminal case against the boy. It looks like a civil suit against the school.

The only negative thing that appears to have happened to the boy was having the incident listed as "inappropriate touching" in his school discipline record.

[a fool in paradise]

A civil suit only needs a 51% likelihood to convict.

[Responsibility2nd]

Yes. While all of us (except a fool...) agrees this was rape, there is no mention of criminal actions in this article. I suppose we would have to do further digging and searching to find out what may have happened with respect to criminal charges.

But for now - this article only addresses the civil liability of the school.

IMO - there are plenty of school staffers who need to be tried and convicted on criminal charges too.