To: count-your-change
indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.” According to "Dr. Eckleburg" that's the same thing as rape.
To: Judith Anne; count-your-change
No, Judith. According to the Federal Government.
As Alex reminded us in post 189...
"Statutory rape is a strict liability crime, meaning that the consent of the younger person or mistake about their age is not a defense....Federal law makes it criminal to knowingly engage in a sexual act with another person who is between the age of 12 and 16 if they are at least four years younger than you.
260 posted on
04/20/2010 2:06:38 AM PDT by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: Judith Anne
Add to your list of rapist priests James Talbot and Robert Gale (they were convicted of rape not indecent assault and battery). Again, details can be found online.
No, it's not but molestation was the term the Dr. commented on and that can include rape since it covers a very broad range of acts.
268 posted on
04/20/2010 4:12:55 AM PDT by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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