14 and 12 year olds fondling each other is not necessarily rape, and it was not characterized as such. Perhaps you never engaged in fondling of anyone when you were an adolescent, in which case you are at least as moral as or more moral than average. If an adult fondles a 12 or 14 year old, that is certainly a sexual assault; but when 12 to 14 year old children fondle each other, it is immoral and sinful but NOT necessarily assault. Based on the information available in this case, those quick to label Josh a "sex offender" and a hypocrite are far more hypocritical in their own self-righteousness.
What about a 14yr old fonding a 4yr old.
That’s not ‘playing doctor’.
Normal 14yr old boys aren’t interested in their 4yr old sisters sex organs.
“14 and 12 year olds fondling each other is not necessarily rape,”
He was 14 his victims were as young as 4.
BUT, a 14 year old sneaking into his sisters rooms and fondling/penetrating them is not normal behavior and indicates more than just “teens being teens” behavior.
I groped when I was 14. Had my sons felt up a girlfriend when they were 14, I would have ripped them and warned them about the dangers. Had they done that to their 8 year old sister, my wife would have had to have restrained me from knocking them out. At the very least, we would have reported it and sent them straight to counseling. They would have been monitored and boundaries in place for the rest of their lives.
This moves beyond exploring sexually, and is a symptom of something gone wrong in his brain that is almost impossible to cure. I feel bad for the family, but that is the simple reality. Their son has a problem beyond just simple sex issues. You don't grow out of pedophilia tendencies.