Summary

Laura Caron, a New Jersey elementary school teacher, faces multiple sexual assault charges for grooming and abusing a 13-year-old student.

The allegations claim Caron, who befriended the student’s mother, molested the boy from age 11 to 16, including conceiving and giving birth to his child in 2019.

The case came to light after the victim’s father posted about the uncanny resemblance between Caron’s son and his own.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Why is the sky blue? Because it is blue, I don’t really understand the confusion.
      Pedophile is a title defined by an action. It has no connection to why the action was chosen. A person screwing someone who they legitimately thought was 20, but was actually 17 is by definition a pedophile. But the reason why they did it is very likely different than someone who had sex with a 13 year old and knew it.

      • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        No, action does not make someone a pedophile. An adult sleeping with an assumed adult to learn they are 17 is not a pedophile. It is potentially statutory rape, though, depending on circumstances.

        Sexual attraction to children, e.g. this woman, is a pedophile.

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        1 day ago

        Please try a dictionary. The literal only definition of that word is someone who is sexually attracted to pre-pubescent children. It has nothing to do at all with actions.

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          My mistake on the definition. I was looking more for the phycological underlying reason for that attraction. Unless you are saying a person is just born that way, and it isn’t thier fault or something.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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            19 hours ago

            I’d argue that yes, they are born that way and their attraction isn’t necessarily their fault. I’d also say they should have therapy, not be allowed around children, and if they harm anyone they need to be put in prison soooooo…what’s your point here?