Another case of parents allowing a their child to hang in a grown man’s home to watch movies or play video games. All alone with him.
Statutory rape evidently.
In Islam, there is a presumption that if a male and female are alone together for sufficient time which is defined (IIRC between 20 minutes and an hour) sex has occurred, and in Islam the sense that sex makes a marriage is much stronger than it has been in the west for centuries.
Islam is neither entirely wrong on these points, nor entirely correct (especially on the last one).
In the words of Pope Francis “Who am I to judge?”
Thankfully, Pope Leo looks to be the sort of person who is likely to read fully and then express himself concisely, and so may recall the answer to Pope Francis’ question anticipated by Monte Python “I’m the Bloody Pope I am”.
Apparently, he was a friend of the family. But that doesn’t excuse them. Even if it turns out that this man is innocent of the charges, I still say that the parents were negligent.
Another case of parents allowing a their child to hang in a grown man’s home to watch movies or play video games. All alone with him.
I’m a JROTC Instructor. I’ve had parents, particularly mothers, tell me they are perfectly having their teens alone with me. I appreciate their trust, but I make it clear I won’t be alone with a kid, not even in a vehicle.
I won’t put myself in a situation where there’s even the slightest opening for an accusation.
Right! Granted, he is an adult and should have known better, but the parents should not have let her hang out alone with an adult male!