Local Dad Shocked By Sex Charges Against Him (gave daughter condoms)

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[chance33_98]

Local Dad Shocked By Sex Charges Against Him

Man Must Register As Sex Offender

POSTED: 6:45 pm EST February 18, 2004 UPDATED: 8:38 pm EST February 18, 2004

A man who police say provided condoms for his daughter to have sex appeared in court for a preliminary hearing Wednesday, Local 4 reported.

Mike Schrake (pictured, left) told Local 4 he was only trying to protect his 15-year-old daughter when he contacted police after discovering the man his daughter was having sex with lied about his age.

"The father believed that the suspect was only 18 years old having sex with his 15-year-old daughter. He then found out that the suspect was actually 20 years old," said Lt. Dan Kolke of the Fraser Police Department.

The teen's father went to Fraser police to file a complaint against Ronald Gossage (pictured, below), but police were apparently just as concerned with the fact that he was letting his teenage daughter have sex at all.

"You feel like you're doing the right thing. They seem more interested in jailing me than the other guy," said Schrake.

Police say Schrake allowed Gossage to sleep in the same bed as his daughter and also provided them with condoms.

But Schrake denied those allegations. He said he let Gossage stay at his house in the fall of 2003, but never consented to him having sex with his daughter.

"I gave my daughter condoms back in the summer before she even knew this guy, when I found out she was no longer a virgin since age of 14," said Schrake.

Schrake pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, but was reportedly still having difficulty dealing with the situation because he is not permitted to see his three children.

Police say as a part of the plea agreement, Schrake must register as a sex offender. He must also continue to go through the court system so he can move back in with his family, the station reported.

Gossage, who faces three counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree, is expected to appear in circuit court in March.

Local 4 learned that in the state of Michigan, sex is a crime if both consenting parties aren't at least 17 years old.

[writer33]

Man. I can tell you I didn't even lose my virginity until I was 17. Thank God I don't have a daughter or son. I really feel bad for parents having to deal with kids today, especially with our public screwel systems.

[Labyrinthos]

Under a tree near the creek, on an "unused" protion.

[writer33]

I know its not an easy to reign in children. I cannot speak from that point of view. Only the point of view of my own experiences. Of course I grew up in a small town in Texas.

My father had instilled fear into me. The last thing he wanted was for me to get someone pregnant.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I was 24, if I had had it at 15 my parents wouldn't have let me live to see 16.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

But it is OK for Planned Parenthood to give yout 15 year-old daughter an abortion without your consent.

[cyborg]

It's not 'unused' now is it? You defiler of church property! haaaaaaahaha I can hear my very fundamentalist friends saying 'see? That's why I don't like church youth groups.'

[Keith in Iowa]

>>Mom takes her daughter to the dr. to get bc pills--that's just fine. Dad gives daughter condoms--toss him in jail....This is insane.

If dad had take daughter to the abortionist, he'd be father of the year...insane is an understatement.

[Khurkris]

hmmm...was her name Bonnie?

[stuartcr]

I wonder what would happen to him if he made her wear a chastity belt?

[stuartcr]

Did you go to a Catholic school too?

[steplock]

He deserves having Bubba teach h=im the finer points of 'sex'

"I thought he was 18 screwing my 15 yr old daughter" That is called RAPE you dumb POS!

[MississippiMan]

Don't get me wrong, I find any parent promoting sex by their teenagers to be repugnant, but...to get this straight...a SCHOOL can pass out condoms and that's okay? I don't get it.

MM

[Political Junkie Too]

Only school nurses are authorized to distribute condoms to children, but only without parental knowledge or consent.

-PJ

[stuartcr]

Funny...if it was consensual, there was a time in history where this would not be rape...it's all relative.

[CharacterCounts]

Mom takes her daughter to the dr. to get bc pills--that's just fine. Dad gives daughter condoms--toss him in jail.

This isn't ust about condoms. Acording to the report, he allowed and abetted an adult to have sexual contact with a minor.

[StillProud2BeFree]

Maybe the cops were having problems not with the condoms but the other part of his statement:

>>Police say Schrake allowed Gossage to sleep in the same
>>bed as his daughter and also provided them with condoms.

>>But Schrake denied those allegations. He said he let
>>Gossage stay at his house in the fall of 2003, but never
>>consented to him having sex with his daughter.

[Labyrinthos]

If he let them sleep in the same bed, then the issue is whether that in itself is a crime or just bad parenting. Can he be charged, for example, with aiding and abetting statutory rape? But simply allowing the guy to sleep at the house is not a crime

[Dumb_Ox]

(BTW, I lost my virginity in the church cemetary to girl I met at church youth group.)

Fornication and desecration isn't something to be bragged about. Be penitent, not proud.

[zook]

"Acording to the report, he allowed and abetted an adult to have sexual contact with a minor."

He claims he did not give his permission. But all across the nation, parents give both explicit and tacit permission all the time. They don't get prosecuted. The only way this makes any sense is if the cops have some further information that they aren't releasing, e.g., actual video of the father checking the guy's id and escorting the couple to a bedroom.

[Labyrinthos]

I'm sorry, but I just don't share your hang-ups about sex. As far a desecration of sacred ground is concerned, I agree. Most of us have stories to tell about youthful indescretions. And if someone had complained, I'm sure we would have gone someplace else.