A 40-year-old teacher in the U.K. has been sentenced to five years in jail after engaging in some bad bedroom behavior with a 14-year-old schoolboy.
“I was nervous because obviously I had never done it before,” the boy testified in a London court.
Gary Pearce (pictured) met the kid on Grindr in the summer of 2012. The boy claims he was “curious” when he downloaded the app, and that he lied about his age to sign up. He and Pearce swapped nudie pics before agreeing to meet for some afternoon hanky panky.
Pearce met the boy in the parking lot of a nearby grocery store.
“I don’t remember what we talked about but he put his hand on my leg,” the boy testified. “I didn’t expect it so I jumped, but not too much.”
The pair drove back to Pearce’s home where the boy said he “showed me around his house” before the two got naked and had sex. Afterwards, they took a shower together. Then Pearce brought the kid back to the grocery store parking lot.
Pearce admitted to having sex with the teen, but maintains he thought the boy was over the age of 16, the age of consent in the U.K. But the teen claims otherwise. He told detectives “I said how old I was. I said I was 14 or 15.” He also claims he sent Pearce a picture of himself wearing his school uniform.
When Pearce was arrested, police discovered “indecent images of children” in the trash folder of his computer.
Detective Inspector Neal Burton told the media, “Pearce utilized the internet to manipulate the child into meeting him. This crime again shows the vulnerability of the internet and social media, which is used by pedophiles to meet their victims. This conviction will provide reassurance that we will relentlessly pursue those who commit these dreadful crimes against children.”
When asked how he felt about everything that had happened between him and Pearce, the teen told authorities, “Well, I now have sort of a girlfriend.”
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Jarrod
These boys are trouble. Trouble, I tell you! Though I must admit that this boy sounds too clever for my liking.
Cam
So Queerty doesn’t report on the Catholic and Mormon churches signing on to the cases against gay marriage going to the Supreme Court but they go all the way to England so they can do a report on a Child molester as gay news?
Just curious as to the thought process on what is reported here. My guess is, that two of the largest and wealthiest Religious organizations in the nation signing amicus briefs to the Supreme Court trying to attack our rights is somehow more relevant gay news than a post about a guy who had child porn on his computer being arrested.
Just a thought.
samwise343
Naturally, the teacher is fucked up in the head for doing what he did, but that kid is a menace. Hoping he gets an STD from his girlfriend, or he gives her one.
@cam, I’m glad you’re hear to report about a subject that Queerty doesn’t… which is a subject, by the way that, everybody here already knows about.
enlightenone
“Well, I now have sort of a girlfriend.” “Too clever” or not, my concern is that this, I suspect gay kid, had gotten way over his head and became overwhelmed and embarrassed by this “curious” EXPERIENCE!
enlightenone
@Cam: I agree, however, both stories have value though not equal.
SportGuy
Even if he thought the kid was 16, which is the age of consent there, it is still disgusting and the fact that he still thought it was ok to sleep with a kid is stomach turning. Even if the kid was 18 it would still have been gross for someone his age to sleep with him.
Cam
@samwise343:
I see you seem to still be unable to post anything on here that doesn’t some how contain a dig at me. Your odd obsession is still in full effect I guess.
Mr.Tim
@SportGuy: You sound like many of my relatives “2 men having sex is gross” and the older ones “the thought of a black man sleeping with a white woman is stomach turning”. The bad man preyed on the poor little boy. Give me a break, the kid signed up on grindr and by doing so lied about his age. He was looking for sex with an older guy, I doubt he told the man his true age. The age of consent is 16 in the UK, get over it. I’m so tired of the LGBT people condemning intergenerational relationships for fear we be lumped in with pedophiles.
dewin
@Mr.Tim:
Great comeback to SportGuy!
kevininbuffalo
@Mr.Tim: Well said Mr. Tim!
SteveDenver
They both sound like trouble. The kid told him he was 14 or 15? What was it? As for the school uniform, aren’t 16-year-olds still in school?
As for the adult, he was willingly careless, hearing and believing only what he wanted.
Throw them both in jail.
Silas Wegg
14-year-old has sex with porn actor, 14-year-old has oral sex with Jesus statue, 14-year-old has sex with teacher
What’s next for these crazy horny 14yos?
Mr.Tim
@SteveDenver: In the UK school is only mandatory until you’re 16 at which point you head to “college” (ie: trade school, university prep) or work. As far as throwing the boy in jail, gimme a break are we gonna throw every teen in jail for thinking with their “little head”? Pffft.
Paco
@Silas Wegg: Bodies flooded with hormones controlled by underdeveloped brains. I wonder what the adult’s excuse is.
Wingfield
Obviously the teacher should have known better but 5 years for what was consensual (I know… To young for consent) seems harsh. I wonder if uk jails are as dangerous as us jails?
JustaThought
I am 48 years old…
I first had sex with a man (found through newspaper adds) when I was 12 (circa 1970s-1980s).
I don’t personally find young kids attractive in that way(40+ is my thing), but if the kid was on grindr, then he certainly knew what he was looking for.
Chris
Most bars card anyone who looks to be under 30. This might be a good policy as regards hooking up, no?
sangsue
Sorry. The teacher is the adult. He’s responsible whether the guy lied about his age…in fact the child porn on his computer kind of brings the argument that whatever the kid said about lying about his age was irrelevant.
SportGuy
@sangsue:
That’s exactly what I was thinking! He was looking for a kid, which is why he knew what he was doing was wrong and now he will have to face punishment, as he should.
@Chris:
That would be a good policy, but unfortunately there are quite a few that prefer under age and others who are age inappropriate for them, and this is what happens I guess.
Sansacro
@SportGuy: And guess what, the “kid” was looking for an older guy.
Lesson here: if you are attracted to young men who even have a whiff of being under whatever the given age of consent is in your state or country, stay away, for your own safety.
Otherwise, who the hell is anyone to judge intergenerational sex/love between adults. Worry about your own sex life.
ppp111
Whenever a story about a female teacher having sex with a young male student of 14 or so is printed, the overwhelming sentiment is that the kid is so damn lucky. But whenever it’s a man doing it with a young teen everyone wants to condemn him for corrupting him. This country demonizes male sexuality especially gay male sexuality but praises the ‘Mrs. Robinson’ persona. The way I see it the guy should have been wary of seeing someone who looked so young. He’s the adult and he should have aimed for someone older. As for that kid, he knew what he was getting into. He’s hardly innocent.
Saint Law
Threads like this always seem to bring out the kiddy-fiddlers with their creepy clammy handed “That boy’s no better than he ought to be’ routine.
I hope your local law enforcement has its eye on you. It needs to.
Saint Law
@Mr.Tim: “Are we gonna throw every teen in jail for thinking with their “little head”?
They’d probably be as safe there as around you.
Mr.Tim
@Saint Law: Would they now? In jail the would get raped, repeatedly abused and most likely attempt suicide. WIth me they actually have a licensed counselor and a children’s law advocate with whom they can speak to at one of 2 LGBT programs set up for protecting them. Part of their education is to teach them the rights and responsibilities of minors, and how to keep themselves safe.
Billy Budd
I would arrest him for having child porn on his laptop, which is a crime, but NOT for having sex with the lying, deceitful teen he found on an adult website.
bertdavey
Actually, in the UK, you have to remain in full time education until your 18. While that CAN mean transferring your last two years to a college or vocational apprenticeship, the vast majority stay at their high school and retain the uniform. There’s a few academy’s that allow the older kids to scrap the uniform, but most don’t like the concept.
That being said, I’m sure the older guy knew somewhere that the kid was under age, and should’ve thought twice. He broke the law whether he meant to or not, but this doesn’t seem to be in the same league as the eminently more creepy people who create fake profiles.
gaym50ish
Much of the hysteria over child abuse stems from the confusion of terms, which results in lumping all molesters into the category of “pedophiles.” There are other terms that should apply to this guy.
A hebephile is considered to be someone who’s attracted to pubescent kids of about 13 or 14 years of age. An ephebophile is attracted to boys or girls in their later teen years. While pedophilia is listed in the APA’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, hebephilia and ephebophilia are not.
While it is illegal, it is somewhat natural for most people to be attracted to guys (or girls) in the prime of their physical beauty. But being attracted to prepubescent children is NOT natural. The exploitative nature of pedophilia and hebephilia are clearly different from ephebophilia.
In one study of child abuse, the majority of the victims were older teens who were on the receiving end of oral sex — most of them consensually, I would guess, considering how horny teenage boys are. But many other studies don’t make the distinction, so the public thinks they’re all raping little boys and girls. A teen getting a blow job from an adult — although the adult is doing something wrong and illegal — does not in any way compare with the exploitation of an innocent young child.
To most of the the uniformed public, however, they are all “child rapists.”
Silas Wegg
@gaym50ish: Just out of curiosity, would you say the typical male reaches his ‘prime of physical beauty’ at 13-14? It varies case to case — and we all have our own standards of beauty — but in my estimate, one’s looks usually peak a little later, say early twenties to thirties.
Aside from the classic Greek standard and pedophilia, I’d posit that a reason some men are attracted to those much younger has roots in the skewed adolescence of gay experience, i.e. making up for lost time.
Roan
@gaym50ish:
And more defense of a an adult male who has sexual relations with a barely not legal teen. Please, keep convincing yourself that you’re not pedophiles/perverts/hebephiles/ephebophiles or whatever term you want to use. Many of you should be monitored by law enforcement.
Cam
@gaym50ish:
I always find it interesting when somebody claims numbers or percentages but somehow forgets to put the link up to the study that backs up their numbers.
You claim “According to one study” and yet, there was no link to that one study.
Tobi
@Roan: “Legal” is just when your Government has decided you’re all grown up, when they’re happy to let you get a full time job, married or even fight for your country. In most places, that’s usually 16. The age of consent does often change, based on a date in history or a pin on a map. Here in the UK, it used to be 21, dropped to 18, then 16 and looks set to be standardised throughout the EU at 15. OK, we know you’re hung up about gay sex, we get it. Just we see the double standard, when wealthy 80 year old men cop off with 16 year old girls, and the media is all over them, gagging to offer up their congratulations. 😉
Roan
@Tobi:
Your defense of your kiddy diddling is noted.
Dxley
This kid knew exactly what he was getting himself into and knew that the “protect our kids” law will turn everything in his favor. He was a lucky little shit if you ask me!
Stache99
@Mr.Tim: Then get used to it then. He is a pedophile. Keep your hands off children and stop using this a gay rights issue.
Stache99
@Billy Budd: As an adult you have the responsibility to keep your hands off children. So what if the kid lied. How about asking for ID? I’m sure the kids age got him excited though.
Billy Budd
@Stache99: I must agree with you. The guy had naked kids on his computer, so he is a pedophile. He should be punished one way or another.
Stache99
@gaym50ish: If you as an adult are attracted to 13 or 14 yo’s trust me you have a mental disorder. 14 is not “the prime of physical beauty” either.
Silas Wegg
I’m admittedly not too adept at discerning age from a look, but this kid could pass for 14, right?
http://www.waybig.com/blog/2014/09/16/corbinfisher-declan/
And how funny would it be to actually ID your hookups? Like ask for the drivers license before they come into your house. Get one of those scanners so you can make sure they’re real.
Billy Budd
In my opinion, the prime of physical beauty is between ages 18-27. This ten-year interval represents the Golden years in terms of aesthetics. Most active male/female models are in this age group, I believe.
Tobi
@Roan: I’d rather attack the problem of kids running about with guns, massacring their classmates in a hail of bullets, than criminalise a couple of fifteen year olds for getting it on behind the bike shed. Now, Roan, it’s way past your bedtime, and I want to take some time off to drool over Oscar http://www.queerty.com/photos-take-the-plunge-with-oscar-20140917 who you’ll be delighted to know is probably young enough to be my great grandson. 😉
Billy Budd
@Tobi: He is young enough to be my son (not grandson, thank the lord), but I would rather have him as a lover!
gaym50ish
@Roan: Roan, what was it about my post that led you to the conclusion that I was defending this guy? How many times do I have to write that it was wrong and illegal? And some of you need to reread what I wrote, which was “The exploitative nature of pedophilia and hebephilia are clearly different from ephebophilia.”
My point was about the hysteria fueled by stories of “child rapists,” and I was not referring to this story. My point was that sex with a consenting 17-year-old is far different than exploiting someone who is younger, but to the general public it is all the same.
Let me give you an example of the hysteria. In 2009, openly gay Portland, Oregon, Mayor Sam Adams admitted to an affair with an 18-year-old man. Nothing wrong with that, right? Except that Adams met Beau Breedlove when Breedlove was 17, which raised suspicions that they may have bedded down when he was underage. So people branded him a “pedophile” and called for his resignation.
There was no teacher-student or employer-employee relationship. Breedlove was not coerced, and may have been the one who initiated the relationship. To me, whether “it” happened when he was 17 or 18 is of little importance except for the possibility that Adams broke the law. Judging by the calls for his resignation, however, you would have thought he had been raping children.
Cam
@gaym50ish:
They called for his resignation because as an elected official he is supposed to be enforcing the laws, the same ones he violated.
Billy Budd
@Cam: The shiite fundamentalists agree.
Silas Wegg
Is most everyone here in his 50s?
Stache99
@Silas Wegg: Why are you asking? Are you taking some kind of survey.
adventuretime
@Silas Wegg: yeah…no offense, but you are bad at discerning age. in no way does that guy look 14…i don’t think you realize how young the vast majority of 14 year olds look.
Silas Wegg
@adventuretime: Yeah, I’m not around kids that age ever.
When I was 22, a 16yo told me he was 18. He LOOKED a good 20-21, not to mention he was going to clubs. I wouldn’t have ever found out, had his friend not told me after the fact.
I’m 33 now and it’s still kinda weird to remember having a sex drive at 14. The number itself is just so low as to seem laughable.
Billy Budd
I am 41 and I’ve had, in my life, relationships with practically all age groups above 18. Older, younger, same age. I find beauty in all age groups, in most ethnicities that are found in my country, and in all skin colors. I am very versatile and accomodating and I think that is how people should be in modern society.
Roan
@gaym50ish: @Tobi:
Thank you for the input from the NAMBLA representatives.
SportGuy
@Roan:
I have felt this was a NAMBLA site also whenever the site post stories about kids and all these guys drool over them, which is kind of gross.
Tobi
@Roan: It’s PIE in the UK, not NAMBLA. You must try a lot harder at school, Roan, geography especially, if you’re going to have any hope of graduating from remedial classes. *sigh*
Tobi
@Silas Wegg: I wish. I’m 91.
sangsue
Jesu! I am so tired of adults blaming children then screeching about double standards. They’re starting to catch up with adult women who screw (r@pe) their students or just teenaged boys. They’ve been ending up in jail as well, so, darn, you’ve lost that argument. Who the f**k cares if the boy lied knowingly on Grindr? You’re making it seen like he seduced the poor teacher. The adult who knows better.
It’s interesting that adults can find an excuse for anything if they want to or feel entitled to get.
Remember “To Catch A Predator?” Man after man was arrested and, lo and behold, they were mostly 20 – 49 years old wanting to bonk pre-teen and teen aged girls. So the gender doesn’t make a difference dearheart.
SportGuy
@sangsue:
I loved “To Catch A Predator”, it was hilarious to watch all these demented head cases try and talk their way out of the fact that they were trying to have sex with a kid. I am just glad no actual kids were there and that they were all arrested!
Stache99
@SportGuy: Ha. They actually thought they could BS their way out of it with Chris Hanson. Then he finally says “your free to leave” and these dip shits actually think their going home. Then the look on their faces outside. It was a fun show.
I think they went over the line a few times. Like if the guy backs out you don’t go to their house. Like when they went to that prosecutors house and he shot himself in the head before they could get in. I think that’s what ended the show too.
gaym50ish
@Cam: Cam, learn to read. I said there was a “possibility” that the mayor did something illegal. The people calling for his resignation had not one shred of evidence indicating that he did anything sexual with Breedlove before he turned 18.
SportGuy
@Stache99:
Well that sucks, I think they should bring the show back! I hate that it ended.
Roan
@Tobi:
Again thank you for your expertise regarding kiddy diddling. I’ll have to take your word that you know what you’re talking about. You sound like a life-long expert and aficionado of carnal relations with children.
Roan
@SportGuy:
Yes, it’s like a reunion for all the “To Catch A Predator” perps.
Cam
@Billy Budd: said…
“@Cam: The shiite fundamentalists agree.”
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Please read the actual postings before you respond like that. Somebody else said that people called for his resignation because he slept with that intern who was 18 but that they called for his resignation and called him a pedophile etc.. because they met when the kid was younger.
My response was that they did not call for his resignation because he had sex etc… They called for it because as an elected official he violated both sexual harassment laws and statutory rape laws as an elected official who was put in office to enforce laws.
You don’t fuck with your interns, and as an elected official you know very well that sex with a 17 year old, (Whatever his opinion about the validity of the law) is illegal and it shows extreme stupidity or arrogance to think he could violate them and not get caught.
JDean
if they were my nephews who are that age, this faggot would wish he was never born
Billysees
@Billy Budd:
“I find beauty in all age groups, in most ethnicities that are found in my country, and in all skin colors.”
A realistic comment.
I can’t see how anyone could deny feeling the same way.
Billy Budd
@Billysees: I am not saying I think everyone is beautiful. I am saying that I potentially CAN find beauty in all those niches.
Billysees
@Billy Budd:
I understand what you’re saying. Yes, everyone is ‘not’ beautiful as far as physical appearance is concerned. Everyone’s beauty is on the ‘inside’ where it matters.
Let’s face it, surely everybody enjoys looking at young, beautiful or cutie faces no matter what age they are. From babies on up. Those kinds of faces are just about irresistible, and that’s why we dote so much over them that have them.
We have age of consent laws to keep our doting in check.