Sex Ring at School

A mother of a student at the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind says dozens of students were aware of ongoing sexually abuse, but never told anyone. She says her son was one of the 35 students abused by a gang at the school who called themselves the Ringleaders. The woman has filed a lawsuit against the state, the school, and its administrator, along with a counselor. According to her suit, the group demanded items from younger students and threatened to rape and sodomize any student who failed to obey them. The mother, who is not named in the suit, claims the counselor named in the lawsuit was involved in the abuse himself. Police in Hawaii arrested several students recently on charges of sexual abuse.