Angry dad takes son's bullying teammate to court: athlete urinated on member of hockey team

The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) ^ | 6/9/2005 | JOE McGEE

[BansheeBill]

I would have thought that the urinator might have been expelled, but I hear he's a good hockey player and a linchpin to the team, and a good Catholic High School like this one has to have it's priorities straight.

[fatnotlazy]

I don't know if urinating on someone qualifies as battery, but most definitely, the 17-year old punk should have faced some criminal charges. One year "suspended" doesn't sound like much.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I would consider this criminal sexual assault.

[wideawake]

Dirtbag should be expelled, he should get sentenced, and he should be put on a permanent watch list, because only a violent sexual deviant would get their kicks from such behavior.

[SengirV]

I remember this happening at my catholic high school. The only thing that talked were fists later on in the week. Now it's "lets sue" And you see that as the catholic school's fault?

[wideawake]

As would I.

[Mikey_1962]

I would have rather gotten even. I played hockey for 30 years and practice was always a good opportunity to get even.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

The punk deserved a good butt kicking, but if the victim had laid a finger on him, he would have been expelled.

[wideawake]

Catholic schools should expel students for egregiously immoral behavior - a Catholic high school in the Boston area should be especially reactive to homo assaults like this one.

[FreePaul]

I would have thought that the urinator might have been expelled,...

He should have been expelled and serve time in a correctional facility. You only get expelled if you have something like a picture of a pocket knife in your car.

[catonsville]

Like there professional counterparts, good players, even on a high school hockey team, can get away with actions the rest of us cannot.
The urinator need a swift attitude adjustment

[in hoc signo vinces]

Exactly.

[i_dont_chat]

Right on. This is a sex-offender -- in the making.

[glabbe]

Who know what would have happened if he would have brought a butter knife to school.

[Stark_GOP]

"It" would have become mine.
(In a jar of formaldehyde.)

[Tribune7]

I played hockey for 30 years and practice was always a good opportunity to get even.

Maybe for a big 17-year-old vs. a small 15-year-old.

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Hockey coach Rich Igo said he suspended Owens, a junior, for more than a week after the incident, which occurred in February at the Pilgrim Arena in Hingham. Owens was also stripped of his co-captaincy.

I think that's harsh enough for the school's response. His parents should have added much harsher, though.

[ArmedNReady]

He should be sentence to sleeping with Lorena Bobbit for 30 days.

[Redleg Duke]

"Two Brick" counselling works.

[TSgt]

I was bullied, assaulted and harassed all throughout school. There were several reasons, I was poor, white and Christian. My race became a major issue when I was in High School.

I'm not bullied anymore thanks to my Smith & Wesson.