I took it to mean that he didn’t rape her and was stupid enough to slip up at school in a classroom.
And you were right.
If he was sneakier and more sinister, at least in this case, it could have been much worse.
I followed the Elizabeth Thomas case from the very start and read everything. This is how it began, with the teaching pulling crap like this in the classroom. It ended with police finding her eating wildflowers while some dolt raped her hourly in a California compound.
This is the truth not only have terrible teachers but now immoral ones as well.