10
November
TRY MEPHAM OFFENDERS AS ADULTS
Anything less than the pursuit of adult criminal charges against the Mepham High School footballplayers charged with perpetrating brutal sexual assaults against three younger teammates would be atravesty of justice to the victims and would send a stark message nationwide.
While the recent priest abuse scandal has forced stunned parents to accept the painful truththat most sexual victimization happens between youth and those adults they trust, the facts of theMepham nightmare lend credence to the disturbing revelation that juvenile males commitapproximately 20 percent of all rapes and up to 50 percent