7-year-old girl traumatized by being molested by several 12-year-old boys at school, can no longer go to the bathroom alone. Male teacher makes fun of her by saying “They’re not going to follow you even to the bathroom”

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>In May, a second-grade girl at a Kayagasaki City elementary school in Kanagawa Prefecture was sexually assaulted by several sixth-grade boys who touched her on the lower half of her body inside the school. The school was aware of the victimization, but showed a lack of consideration by forcing the girls and the assailant to meet at a school event, resulting in secondary damage that left the girls traumatized. Experts who are familiar with the issue of sexual violence point out that it is rare for cases of sexual victimization between children to come to the surface, and that if schools do not take responsibility not only for protecting victims but also for guiding perpetrators, there is a risk that the perpetrators will reoffend.　　

>According to the girl’s guardian, the girl was in the school library with her friends during recess when three 6th grade boys approached her and touched her lower body multiple times over her clothes. The parents discovered the incident when they saw a social networking site where the girl had exchanged messages with her friends. The school was contacted and a meeting was held with the parents of the three boys who admitted that they had touched the girls. They explained that they were interested in women’s bodies and that they had sexually assaulted girls in the past”.

>The city’s Board of Education responded to an interview with Kanagawa Shimbun, saying, “It is true that several boys touched the girl’s body, but we cannot say how many or what body parts”. The guardians also consulted the Kayagasaki Police Department about the damage. However, “juveniles under the age of 14” are not subject to criminal penalties under the Penal Code.