Montana prosecutor tells mother after child’s rape, 'Boys will be boys'

A Montana prosecutor has come under fire after he reportedly offered the mother of a rape victim a truly awful and insensitive explanation as to why the rape happened.

The New York Daily News notes that the report claims the attorney told the five-year-old victim’s mother that “boys will be boys” after her daughter was raped by an adolescent boy.

According to the Missoulian, the Department of Justice has released a report on the investigation of the handling of sexual assault cases by Fred Van Valkenburg and his office.

The report alleges that the Missoula County Attorney has developed quite a reputation with victims of sex crimes.

The report goes on to say that another one of Valkenburg’s unbelievable comments was when he told a woman that she only wanted revenge and suggested not prosecuting her assault.

“We uncovered evidence of a disturbing pattern of deficiencies in the handling of these cases by the County Attorney’s Office, a pattern that not only denies victims meaningful access to justice, but places the safety of all women in Missoula at risk,” said Jocelyn Samuels, acting assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

The prosecutor’s days of allegedly disrespecting women with such despicable remarks are over.

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