" Mr. Covarrubias is a incredible man who has been present at every court appearance???? He's been convicted of child molestion!! And yet he's incredible? what kind of a attorney are you? And what kind of system does Napa have to let a child molestor out for this long without sentancing? it's no wonder Napa is going to the dumps. "

" The Register cannot print everything that was presented in the court. Whether there will be another trial or not is still to be seen. I personally know Mr. Covarrubias and he is an incredible individual, that has appeared to all the courts and anything else he can to prove his defense. Obviously, there is some credit due to him being out on bail and not fleeing as some fear. To his family "Miracles can happen and justice is served by the mighty one above us". God Bless Mr. Covarrubias and his family. "

" There is such a double standard in this country. If he would have mol-ested a girl, he would be behind bars by now! Female teachers mol-est male minor students and get little to nothing. This is absolute bull crap! When boys are mol-ested by men or women it is demoralizing, they then go on to become the mol-esters. "

" I was a former student of mr. Covarrubias during, my entire 4 years of napa high school, and he helped me and many ohter students throughtout the entire year, with math homework, and many other events.I trully really don't think that he would do something like that, many you guys should take a look little more deep inside the "teen's" Backround life" and also "what his attitude was and is" "

" If you know this 'incredible' man, then you know he is guilty. He should spend the rest of his life in prison 'being molested'. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you!! Children are humanities most prized possesion, you mess with that, you deserve hell on earth. "

" This man is a child molester , he should be locked up and throw away the key. These predators don't change. "

" Mr.Covarrubias molested a minor. This was proven in court. There was a taped telephone conversation between the juvenile and Mr. Covarrubias asking the minor to not go to the Police because he would go to jail. Mr. Covarrubias chose his victim carefully (A minor with problems and a family that did not want him.) He is the most dangerous of all molesters because of this. I am shocked that he is still free. From what I understand, Mr. Covarrubias' family have not been cooperative (calling the prosecuter names when he leaves court, etc.) I sure hope the school district and Covarrubias' former colleagues are not as supportive of him as his former student writes. I hope our current judges review what this visiting judge has done. "

" It doesn't matter what this kids attutude was or is nor does it matter what his background life was. The only thing that matters is that he was a kid and Mr. Covarrubais was an adult. The fact that he was a teacher and met this kid through his father at the school makes it even worse. It also doesn't matter that it didn't happen to you. He doesn't have to hurt every kid in the school to be convicted of molestation, it only takes one. He was convicted of a terrible crime against a child. He should be in jail and if he's such an incredible guy, he may be of use to other less incredible guys in prison. That's not to say I wish him harm there. He actually may be able to use his skills and training as a teacher to do some good while in prison. I'm not sure why you think he deserves some credit for not fleeing. That's like saying someone deserves credit for not stealing??? "

" Are you kidding me? He's only facing "up to 8 years"? The guy is a pedophile. He molested a teenage boy. The reality of "up to 8 years" is he's facing maybe 2 years in jail then 6 on some form of probation. Maybe the school district can then hire him back at that time as, no doubt, they will have just enacted new guidelines that will allow them to hire convicted child molesters as teachers because the pedophiles will work for less, thus saving the school district money. "

" There are murderers and child molesters out there; and if convicted, they will be punished. Such acts have always occurred in our society, it's not a sudden trend requiring an abandonment of the principles of law, nor the protections of the Constitution or the Statutes of the State. What is scary is not that crime exists; it always will. But when a society begins to abandon the institutions that make it proud, free and just in favor of "throw away the key" attitudes and what amounts to lynchings on the boughs of public opinion, we should all be scared. Remember, Everyman, you too may be accused some day ... And you will want the same protection that assure fair justice for school teachers and the four juveniles and everyone else in this country. "

" Well gee I guess you guys don't understand what type of person this "Teen minor" was. He was in high school during I was still in High school. But just because he was a "minor" all you people believe him. but ask your self one question If he wasn't a bad person, then why in the world was he in juvinile hall? wouldn't this be a bad minor example to the other teens in the community? you people wouldn't like your teens following his footsteps. "

" It is interesting that people jump so fast as to condem a person, just by what they hear. I agree with what is said by one of the readers, "look deeper" at the situation. I bet you were not aware that there were other people living at the same house as this "accusations" took place. The police detective spoke with Mr. Covarrubias's roomates however she failed to write a statement of her findings, these guys stated that they were there for most of the time and nothing ever happened, this kid was good at making up stories. Not only did the police failed to write up statements and share them with defense attorney, The prosecutor did not allow Mr. Covarrubias' roomates to come up as witness during trial... hope this gives you readers something to think about before jumping to conclusions.... sometimes justice is not served. "

" For those writing negatively about Mr. Covarrubias I can assure that you have never met him at a personal level or had no kind of relationship with him what's so ever, so how dare you be so judgemental. I have been present to many of his courts and many other courts where Latinos are being accused, one concern that I hear a lot when a minority appears infront of the judge is that "they are a danger to the commmunity and if they are not sentenced they WILL flee the Country" I happened to work with Mr. Covarrubias and many times we were left alone and there was not a time where I felt scared of him or of being harassed. I am a young Latina and a U.S.citizen who feels incredibly sorrowful when I see the way minorities are bieng treated. We as well deserve to be treated equal and should be given fair trials. This is such an important case and it took a week or less to determine that Mr. Covarrubias was guilty. A trial like this needs to be observed closely and every detail should be well analyzed. Many things were covered up on behalf of the "boy" which only make Mr. Covarrubias look like the bad guy. I just hope that none of you go through what Mr. Covarrubias and his family are going through. God Bless you Mr. Covarrubias. "

" Why is the age of consent set so high in California anyway? France and Denmark sets the age of consent at 15, Spain at 13, Iceland at 14. And over 37 American states set age of consent at 16. Even Texas sets it at 17. Elvis married at a 14 year old Priscilla, Jerry Lee Lewis married a 13 year old Myra Gale Brown. Are California teenagers really that less mature than most of the rest of the world? Do they not have the same civil rights to explore their sexuality as do French, Spainish, Icelandic, and Texas boys? Obviously this 15 year old sought male companionship. And despite the pogram against such relationships, boys his age and men Covarrubais's age are reported to become so engaged on almost a daily basis. Rather than spending millions of dollars each year incarcerating lovers, why not face the issue and channel these natural impulses for male bonding into our social fabric? Do we not want males to love one another? Do we prefer they learn only how to kill each other? "

" I agree with your comment Juan. By the way during my high school year Me and other students would go over to mr. covarrubia's home for homework help, and to tell you the truth I could tell you that mr. covarrubias was a hardworking person, always busy with checking big stacks of homework of his many students, helping other students with his homework, and helping other students with some school events, and to be honest this "teen minor" did not have the brain of "child" now in days how many teens commit big felonies? and how come they don't get to be convicted as adults? "OOOppppssss I forgot their mentality is still like a child. just because their "young teen minors" Now im not saying that all teens are like that but most of them these days are. they are really rebel with their parents. "

" I am writing in defense of Mr. Covarrubias, I, like so many other of his students and friends have been with Mr. Covarrubias and his family in all this troubles. A friend says taht it took less than a week for the trial, and that lots of things were covered up against the boy. This is true. But one more thing needs to be said. How can a jury be fair and impartial when at least two of the jurors were asleep for most of the trial.... Can we really call this justice??? Think about it. If this was about you, wouldn't you want a fair trial??? "

" Mr. Jorge Covarrubias has been one of the most responsible and motivotional teacher/person that I have ever met, he has always been a caring person with his students and all the people he knows. This man would never commit such thing, now lets not throw away this mans future, he has worked so hard for all the things he has accomplish.Theres obviously some kind of brain disfunction on the kid who claims to be the "victim', he must of had some kind of anger inside of him and found it easy to blame this innocent man for something he did not commit. Mr. Covarrubias is well known by the napa community and the latino community and well loved, he has always been there to help us, and again he has been a great role model for many tudents like myself who infact has motivated me to continue my education after high school and pursue my dreams just like he has, there hasn't been many role models in my life, so please don't take that away from us. "

" Reading this story and the reader comments, one is inclined to conclude that this gentleman, at the very least, is entitled to a new trial where ALL the pertinent witnesses are permitted to testify, and where the suspect motivations of the accuser are examined in greater detail. It is well known that all a prosecutor has to do is to solemnly intone the pejorative "pedophile" in a trial, and jurors will be so intimidated that none would dare vote for acquittal. The "pedophile panic" of which Judith Levine spoke so eloquently would seem to be the principal operative factor here. ***** I would also like to commend the students who have spoken up for the teacher they know and love. "

" Give me a break "Outsider" and the semi-literate students crying foul and trying to put this "CONVICTED IN A COURT OF LAW" pedophile on a pedestal. Let me get this straight...you claim the convicted pedophile is innocent, deserves leniency, or deserves a new trial because a) he's a nice guy, b) he helped you with homework, c) the victim may have a checkered past, and d) other countries allow sex with minors so we should too. Can you spell DENIAL? If not, look it up and understand it...because you're suffering from it in a big way. "

" I have known Jorge Covarrubias for about 15 years now. He was one of my best friends during high school and we remain close still. My family and I hold him in very high regard because he is a respectful and honorable man. My younger brothers really look up to him and we were all devastated by the news. On light of the accusation, I believe that the press had already sentenced him before he even went on trial. After all, it is not every day that a young Latino with a bright looking future is “allowed” to pose for the front page especially for this type of accusation. Therefore, I would like to ask those of you that have never met him or known him but that were quick to make up your mind about the accusation and/or post a comment on this web solely based on what you have read on the paper. Have we, as a nation or a community, ever convicted an innocent person? The same question is for those that have been part of the investigating or prosecuting teams and may now fear that they failed to fulfill their duty and that the final outcome may stain their professional record. If your answer is "Yeah well he was convicted". Then I invite you to let our system work and let the pertinent authorities provide all the records and statements needed so that this matter can be resolved at once. After all if one is wrongly accused, one should have the opportunity to challenge the decision. Isn’t that one of the traits of the democratic system that we are so proud of? My heart goes out to Jorge's family and pray that this may be over soon. "

" There have been submissions to this forum that attempted to question conventional wisdom and initiate new inquiries into issues which - despite vociferous claims to the contrary - are far from being understood and settled. There have also been submissions that have done nothing but reiterate the same tired old superstitions which are claimed to be proven truths but in reality are based on nothing but ignorance, fear, and hate. It is possible that the real truth has been suppressed, that only one questionable accuser who had contact with Mr. Covarrubias has been heard from, and that he may have either been forced to give socially acceptable answers or face a fate similar to that facing Mr. Covarrubias, or he has been victimized by the brainwashing that society so skillfully employs to keep young people from doing their own thinking. Those who are inalterably opposed to open discussion and who would banish opposing views and their proponents, those whose primary arguments are vicious ad hominem attacks, those who would infuse their own prejudices and bigotry into public discourse and legal proceedings, these are the enemies of any hope for a rational society. Thankfully there are newspaper editors who understand the need for open discussion, and who faithfully defend free speech. "

" It looks as though this comment board has been taken over by residence of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch. A few rides on Michael's roller coasters & etc and he couldn't possibly be guilty? Even a silly "latina" proclaiming innocence for Jorge because he didn't hit on her, never occurring to her that "she" is not Jorge's type? Furthermore, I cannot think of a better way for our government to spend our money than on protecting our minors from sexual predators. Our nation should be united on the age of consent 18 and other nations should wake up. "

" Starting with "Veridicus", all the way to the bottom of the list it appears NAMBLA is out in full force on the Register discussion boards. One "student" wrote that the child who was molested had been in juvenile hall, so somehow he doesn't deserve to be protected from a pedophile. Not an unusaul tactic to attack the victim in such a case. Juan wants to somehow construe the issue to one of society trying to put down the Latino community. No Jaun, your friend is a pedophile, this has nothing to do with anything else. Amelia wants the pedophile to get leniency because he showed up to court on time and has not yet fled. Attributes every pedophile should aspire to. "A Loved boy" questions why the age of consent is not lower in CA, after all, as this "loved boy" argues, people have had relations with teenagers in the past so why can't a 15 year old have relations with an adult today? He further argues the age of consent is as low as 13 in other countries, so why not here? I actually don't know where to begin to respond to such warped thinking. Finally the leader of Team NAMBLA, the post titled "Veridicus" asks us to shed our "superstitions", "prejudices" and "bigotry" toward pedophiles because "these are the enemies of any hope for a rational society". I guess I missed the point when acceptance of pedophilia became a hallmark of a rational society. "

" One betrays his bigotry and lack of valid points when he begins his comments with an ad hominem attack upon others who have submitted reasonable issues and arguments. Just for the record, I have nothing to do with NAMBLA, IPCE, MHAM, or a host of other such associations. I am an independent researcher and published author - but the rules of this forum forbid me from identifying either myself or my academic publications. Furthermore, no one here has argued that the "acceptance of pedophilia [is] a hallmark of a rational society." What has been posited is that the hallmark of a rational society is the concept that ideas and issues should be discussed rather than vacuous and inane personal attacks upon those with whom the writer happens to disagree. There is a much larger question here than what seems to be a gross miscarriage of justice for Mr. Covarrubias. That question is whether controversial issues are to be discussed on their merits, with pertinent facts and evidence being introduced, or if people like our NAMBLA baiting correspondent are to able to shout down any opposition with their insinuation and invective. "

" To Katherine: You are nobody to judge another person. You're saying that Mr Covarrubias family was not cooperative because they were calling the prosecuter names. Were you aware that the prosecutor was not acting in a professional way whe he came out of the court room and started making fun of the family. It's so easy to judge other people without taking in consideration how hurtfull workd can be. I prayed for all of you who like to judge people without knowing the real truth. GOD forgive you all. "

" I've known Jorge Covarubias all my life and I know he's innocent. (notice I said know and not beleive) Obviously the boy didn't get attention from his family and feels he needs to get it some how. Little boy, I do hope you know the damage you are causing. It's not to late to say the truth. Never bite the hand that feeds you or helps you. Jorge's mistake was trying to help this young boy who didn't appreciate it. "

" It's not like DA's are ever overzealous in their prosecutions of "glamorous" cases involving sex or death. And when's the last time an accuser with a checkered past invented a story to evade his or her present problems? Does that ever even happen? If anything like that happened one would think it would be all over TV day in and day out. And we'd at least occasionally see a DA get into trouble for his or her over-zealousness. How long has it been since anything like that has happened? "

" Give me a break. Stop blaming the victim.You should listen to yourselves.This person was tried in a court of law and found guilty.I suppose if the victim were female you would be asking what type of clothing the victim was wearing? Get over it. "

" Civil disobedience and public protest can be powerful tools against injustice. It would seem that the students at the school where Mr. Covarrubias taught feel he has been wrongly accused and convicted. If this is the case, I would suggest that the next time Mr. Covarrubias is to appear in court that the entire student body engage in the above tactics by ditching school and surrounding the courthouse chanting "Free Mr. C, Impeach B & B" "

" From what can be learned from the news story and the comments, the real "victim" here is Mr Covarrubias, and the real "perpetrator" is the apparently mentally unstable young man who is accusing him. Whether the detective and the prosecutor may be accidental or intentional co-conspirators is a question that deserves to be addressed, perhaps by the bar association, a higher court, or a special prosecutor. "

" That could be a good example of civil disobediance, especially if the school punishes them severely for truancy! However the facts show that if there is any injustice being demonstrated, it is against the victum and his family who deserve to see justice served. If there were omissions or errors in the trial, an appeal will be granted. But as of right now, a convicted pedophile is roaming the streets and I for one, demand justice be done! "

" I am a friend of the "victim" family, and just want to say that there were members of the victim's family that know the victim was lying and wanted to step up and speak in court in behalf of the teacher that was helping him, however they weren't allowed to do so. "

" ...a hard working adult male, helps students with homework, nice, pleasant, and caring is now accussed and convicted of molesting a student. Hardly the profile of a pedophile. NOT! Come on people, grow up! There are prisons full of self-proclaimed innocents, with their group of gullible followers in full denial. If you have solid proof of an injustice, use the appeals process. Mahatma and Veridicus, shame on you! "

" To all Bellow. There is a reason Mr. Covarubias is still out. He is Innocent.Has it ever occured to any of you why the judge didn't lock him up right away? Chances are he also thinks he is inocent. Just because a "jury" says some one is guilty it deosn't mean it's the truth. I know sex abuse on children is a horrible crime, but just as horrible is to be acused of it when being innocent.Please stop for a momment to look at the other side, the real victim and consider all the pain and impotence on Mr. Covarrubias, for I can asure you it's not easy being pointed at in public. He is a brave man who still smiles at life and dreams of a peaceful future. "

" One has to believe that the judge in this case has good reason to question the legitimacy of the trial, or Mr. Covarrubias would not be free on bail while further investigations are conducted and proceedings are considered. Nevertheless, there are those who are howling for this possibly innocent victim of what may have been improper investigation and prosecution to be summarily jailed, which smacks of mob mentality and vigilantism rather than fairness and justice. This is compounded by the fact that a person of previously impeccable character has been accused by a boy who has been reported to have had severe behavioral problems, and that witnesses who could have testified that the supposed acts could not have taken place were barred from the trial. These and many other unanswered questions apparently give the judge adequate reason to postpone any incarceration. "

" Pedophiles are people who are sexually attracted to pre-pubescent people. (read the DSM definitions) There is no evidence whatsoever that Mr. Covarrubias is a pedophile. Assuming that the conviction is valid in this case is quite risky considering the situation and social history of the accuser. But given that assumtion, the accuser will have a chance to describe the harm done to him. Dozens of studies in the last several decades show that very often, little or no injury occurs from interage sexual relations. In fact, boys are particularly more likely than girls to report such relationships as positive and fond experiences. In this case, the accuser will have quite a bit of difficulting showing that any symptoms he is experiencing were caused by this relationship rather than all the other factors in his troubled past. After he does that, he can address the actual harm done. If he is like most boys, even if the relationship was not consensual, he can recover and heal very quickly IF the people around him do not insist on telling him that, "he is damaged for life", "he will always have this with him", "his innocence was stolen", "he has sexual identity confusion" etc. If the relationship was consensual, the chances of harm intrinsically induced by sexual relations with a 32 year old man are quite low and the intensity of any harm is also very low. Search for Rind Meta-Analysis for more information "

" I'm not sure how you arrive at your conclusions ("One has to believe that the judge in this case has good reason to question the legitimacy of the trial, or Mr. Covarrubias would not be free on bail while further investigations are conducted and proceedings are considered". Nowhere in this article is it stated that the judge is questioning the legitimacy of the case, nor that there are further investigations being conducted. The sentencing was delayed soley to allow the CONVICTED PEDOPHILE time to hire a new lawyer. PERIOD! "

" one must stop to think for a moment about the hidden intention of the media when they only provide the public with partial facts and not the entire story. The article only speaks about a delay in sentencing, but no where does it state what is taking place as we are here arguing this case over and over. I honestly do not believe a judge would give a convit time onbail to look into hiring another laywer, please people be a smart about it. If the judge has postponed sentencing for this long of time, there must be more going on than the media is telling us. "

" We have laws which criminalize robbery, which make sense. If a 15-year-old boy is caught stealing merchandise from a store owned by an older male, we don't blame the older male for operating the store. * - * - * We have laws that criminalize reckless operation of a motor vehicle, which make sense. If a 15-year-old boy with a learner's permit speeds through a stop sign and hits another car, we don't blame the older male driver of the second car for being in the way. * - * - * We have laws that criminalize consensual interaction between so-called children (which can include a 17-year-old 190 pound high school fullback) and older males, but these laws, however, make no sense whatsoever in that they deny a viable and sapient human being his inherent rights to his own sexuality. Therefore if a 15-year-old boy-child consents to, or even initiates, sexual activities with an older male, we invert our perception and blame that older male. Even more absurdly, if this same so-called child accepts an invitation to sexual activity from a 12-year-old boy, then he is magically transmogrified from "victim" to "perpetrator." * - * - * The absurdity of such inconsistencies is obvious. "

" This is the third time I have submitted my comments. Is the NAPA Valley Register censoring opinions it doesn't agree with? Every boy growing up in America today has been warned on a daily basis to be on the lookout for "sexual predators" who might "mmolest him". But yet, every day we read about adolescent boys having consensual sex with these "predators". Apparently certain boys indeed are on the lookout for such men and apparently deriving an emotional and psychological benefit from the relationships? Of course, most Americans will never accept this as a possible explanation of these incidents because their indoctrination with negative sexual attitudes, from birth, keeps them from getting beyond their Puritan trauma. The result is a myopic view and limited understanding of human sexuality, believing that the only correct view of human sexuality is the American Puritan view, everything else is morally wrong and how dare anyone question these beliefs. This culturally based moral absolutism can be vary dangerous and destructive to civilization as a whole. The execution of gay teenagers by the state in the fundamentalist Islamic countries in the Middle East is justified by similar religiously based moral absolutism. Right here in America, thousands of gay youth, over the decades, have been driven to suicide because they had it pounded into their heads that being gay was sinful, abnormal and sick. Right here in America, thousands of children and teenagers have been forced into therapy for merely playing doctor with a peer and labeled as sexual predators, all to the benefit of the extremely powerful and lucrative child abuse industry. A good exercise in critical thinking skills would be a cultural anthropological study of human sexuality to discover the wide range of sexual behaviors that humans, including children, have enjoyed for many centuries. Are we protecting young people from true sexual abuse or just protecting the Puritan ethic? "

" Alexandre, contrary to your post, it is our secular society that has decided that children do not have the mental or emotional maturity to make these decisions and that it is the legal responsibility of adults to enforce these protections. Christian-Judeo beliefs, including "Puritans" traditionally allowed teenagers (or even younger) the right to enter into marriage. The whole sexual deviency question aside, the legal system has to treat all cases of pedophilia with the same level of jurisprudence. "

" Kevin >>> The negative sexual attitudes of Western civilization were laid down in the fifth century by St. Augustine the Bishop of Hippo North Africa. Augustine decided that all sex was sinful and evil because it was of the physical world, not the spiritual world. This extremely negative belief system became part of Christian theology and the war on human sexuality has continued to this day unabated. Sex for procreation was tolerated out of necessity. Even married people, however, were not supposed to enjoy sex. It could be said that Augustine has had more impact on Western civilization's mores than Christ. These sexual attitudes are pervasive in all of American culture including the secular. Children who masturbated were once viewed as being sinful and evil. Various physical restraints were used to keep them from masturbating at night, devices that inflicted pain if a boy got an erection. Homosexuality was considered an abomination and teenagers with gay inclinations grew up believing that they were evil, sick and abnormal. Many committed suicide while others lived adult lives of depression and anxiety about their sexual orientation. The American Puritan record is one of oppression and inflicting harm on children and society. The legal system treating all cases of pedophilia with the same level of jurisprudence is not prudent nor justice. It makes no distinction between positive and mutually beneficial intergenerational relationships and those that are coercive and harmful. Shouldn't laws be based on reducing harm to people and not solely based on whether it conforms to some moral law? Blindly following moral law is the mentally of those pinheaded moral absolutists in the Middle East who think they have the moral right to abuse and murder anyone who doesn't conform to their view of the world. Take the Mary Letourneau case, the teacher who had a consensual relationship with her student Vili Fualaau. After spending eight years in prison Mary and Vili finally were able to get married. In their own words they are still passionately in love. Who did the harm here? Vili was happy because he was loved by Mary and certainly not a "victim". The judicial system locked up the women that Vili loved and it also kept Mary from raising her two children. That is true abuse by the state in the guise of protecting children. It is nothing but protecting the Augustinian ethic which is the greatest perversion that ever was. "

" Are all these Nambla'ns from Napa? These comments are unbelievable! Veridus is ridiculous, as is Alexandre both of you need help. Stay away from boys or you'll end up in a heap of trouble. Most of the rest are in denial. This is not just a 32 year old male. This is a teacher, who by necessity is trained to avoid circumstances that even could appear suspect. There is more than smoke here. This man will deserve the time he serves. "

" There seem to be many people who feel that there is insufficient evidence that Mr. Covarrubias was actually sexually involved with this apparently unstable boy, and hopefully there will be a new trial in which all those who wish to testify in his defense will be allowed to do so. But regardless of the outcome, there is an underlying question that needs to be addressed, i.e., the fact that there is considerable contradictory information from mainstream researchers and authors about the effects of consensual sexually expressed boyhood relationship with older males which has been overlooked, e.g.: * * * * * * Harris Mirkin, noted author of The Patterns of Sexual Politics (1999, Journal of Homosexuality 37 2), has noted that "... laws seemingly designed for the protection of the young are really intended to control them." Bruce Rind et al. have demonstrated that the majority of sexual contacts between boys and older person are non-negative (1998, A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples. Psychological Bulletin 124 1), and David Riegel has conducted research indicating that such contacts do not predispose to pedosexuality (2004, "Abused to Abuser": An examination of New Non-Clinical and Non-Prison Data. Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality 18 4). Additionally, Larry Constantine has observed that "Negative reactions of parents [and other adults] ... to a child's sexual encounters, aside from their function of inducing guilt, can be ... the most psychonoxious aspect of the entire experience (1981, The Effects of Early Sexual Experiences. In Children and Sex, Constantine, L. and Martinson, F. (Eds.) Boston: Little, Brown, and Company). All of these can be verified with a Google search on the names or article titles. * * * * * * Perhaps, in spite of the taboos so prevalent in western society, it is possible that boys - and all minors - are intrinsically entitled to the basic human right to explore and enjoy their sexuality as they see fit and with whomever they choose, so long as they do no real harm (as opposed to culturally imagined harm) to others or to themselves? Perhaps by denying a boy this basic human right to his own sexuality, we are denying his humanity? Perhaps we, as a supposedly open-minded and intelligent society, need to be more questioning and introspective, and less blindly reactive? "

" Alexandre, can you answer just one question with a yes or no response? Do you believe it should be legal in this country for an adult to have sex with a minor? "

" Do you believe it is psychologically and emotionally beneficial to unilaterally deny a boy the right to his own intrinsic sexuality, and the right to explore and enjoy that sexuality with any person of any age, so long as he does no REAL harm (as opposed to culturally imagined or induced harm) to himself or his chosen partner? "

" BOTTON LINE_________________________ Molester+victim+conviction= CONVICTED PEDOPHILE.Convicted Pedophile=TIME IN PRISON... SO WHERE IS THE TIME? KEEP ALL OF THE "victimless" crap in your warped little minds. "

" Children are emotionally better off NOT being exploited as playthings for selfish dirty old men. Children are emotionally better off when they spend time on activities that are enriching, rather than potentially life-threatening. The imbalance of power between an older man and a young child or even older child is an intrinsic part of the problem. Children are vulnerable to physical harm, contracting deadly diseases, emotional abuse, being kept away from school work/sports/connections with peers. You men who want to use children are really selfish. As a mother, I'll see to it that you don't have access to my children--so will their father. I feel sorry for the children whose parents don't protect them, and who are vulnerable to your professed "love" and attention. You damage children in the most insidious ways, and here you are lobbying the rest of us to let you do it, pretending to be intellectual and studied. Thankfully, the rest of us have common sense, and aren't blinded by your smoke and mirrors. But then, most of us are adults. Unfortunately, you'll have your way with some children, and for them I am heartbroken. "

" This argument has grown banal and trivial. The simple fact is that our justice system is working on thise case. The judge saw fit (given that he has WAY more information than any of you, posters) to let this man go free until certain issues with the trial can be investigated. My experience tells me that prosecutors and police will seek convictions on heresay evidence that involve child abuse, where they would not in any other crime, in the name of pandering to public demands. This does not make the perpetrator any less guilty if that is the case, but it does make each case more suspect in its integrity. On another vein entirely, it is disgusting to hear people QUOTING the BIBLE to advocate rape. That person should be ashamed of themselves and frankly, they illustrate the endemic rejction of justice in favor of brutal retribution in its place. No matter how savage a crime, the resulting punishment should represent the enlightenment of the society. To respond with an equally savage punishment in the name of vengance is barbaric and diametrically opposed to both the standards of our great country and civilized life itself. This is not the place to debate the relative merits and consequences of adult-child sex or pedophile activists, though it is clear that BOTH sides of this argument have strayed from the path of truth, in favor of dogmatic propaganda. There is truth in the stories of life-shattering trauma and there is truth in the stories of "consent" amongst teens and it SHOULD be the court's job to settle those and assign appropriate punishment. A knee-jerk "throw away the key" reaction is as much an assault on justice and freedom as the presumption that pedophiles should be free to have sex with any child that will not fight them off. Perhaps there is a place in the median for a civilized society. "

" If he is guilty Please punish him!!!! We do not this kind of people hurting our kids "