Ain't no party like a Scranton party 'cause a Scranton party don't stop.

CGHSmom is right. The issue in this case is neither the age of the student nor the age of Justin Scranton. He is being charged with indecent liberties because he is her TEACHER. If it were not a teacher-student relationship, sexual contact would not even be illegal. Age of consent in NC is 16. Those of you calling him a sexual deviant or a pedophile need to do your research.

Excuse me but do you even GO to gibbons? You are making a huge generalization saying that all gibbons girls dress slutty smoke pot and vandalize property. Sure were not perfect but neither is any other school or human being for that matter. Things like this happen at public schools all the time but the media is just focusing on this because it happens to be occuring at a catholic school. So if i were you i would stop making such harsh assumptions.

I would not feel bad for the girl that Scranton was caught with. Have you SEEN the way the girls at Gibbons dress, and the way they act OUTSIDE of school...?? Seriously, this is an unfortunate situation, however, this just shows the quality of girls at CG. In general, the quality of students at CG with morals and who do not rob people's homes, smoke pot, or vandalize property during prom night... are lacking! Bring back the Franciscan Brothers... they are not needed at Saint Anthony's... they are clearly needed here!

The ages of either party are of no consequence in this case. This man was a teacher who is bound to hold a certain standard regarding behavior with students. IF the charges are true, then he violated this. No teacher should ever cross that line with a student. If he allowed any sexual contact including inappropriate text messaging to occur, then he behaved in a manner which violated the rules of conduct for educators (or any adult really).

That said, today's teachers are certainly aware that anytime they discipline or anger a student or parent, they open themselves up to false allegations of abuse or misconduct.

Since I don't personally know the details of this case, I won't judge which cicumstance is the accurate one in this case. Too often media outlets report that which will sell their publications or garner viewers. As a result, the public is often misled, so it would be incorrect for me to judge him based on news media reports.