from Gay Activism in the Schools

Lesbian Teacher Avoids Prosecution
In Molestation Case

March 15, 2006 - A lesbian North Carolina social studies teacher has avoided prosecution for sex abuse recently because her victim refused to press charges against her. Susan Wiseman was under investigation by authorities over the sex abuse of a 17-year-old high school student and was suspended without pay.

Wiseman is also a leader in a local PFLAG chapter in Winston-Salem and has taught a course titled "The New Gay Teenager" at the prestigious North Carolina Governor's School during the summer. This school recruits top students from the state to participate in various courses during the summer break.

Wiseman's course was based upon a book by Ritch Savin-Williams who is encouraged by trends among teenagers to experiment with a variety of sexual activities with both girls and boys.

A review of Savin-Williams book is available on NARTH's web site: "The New Gay Teenager." In his book, Savin-William appears to be an apologist for pederasty. He quotes Dr. Theodore Sandfort, a pro-pedophile professor, throughout his book without condemning the man's affirmation of adult/child sex. Sandfort has served on the editorial board of PAIDIKA, a Dutch pedophile journal. On page 135, Savin-Williams suggests that if sex between an older person and child isn't abusive or coercive, it would serve as "a positive impact on adolescent and adult sexual arousal..."

Additional Reading: On the Pedophilia Issue: What the APA Should Have Known; The Problem of Pedophilia; More on the Pedophilia Question; American Psychiatric Association Symposium Debates Whether Pedophilia, Gender-Identity Disorder, Sexual Sadism Should Remain Mental Illnesses