Ok, so you didn't participate in anything right? But you were in an uncomfortable scenario where you felt pressured and didn't know exactly what to do and felt that going to your parents would lead to "not being believed".

Well, unfortunately, when someone is raped or victimized, it is often a relative or friend of the family in some way. It is also not unusual for the abuser to cultivate their victim into trusting them and thinking they are someone who "cares" about the victim.

When my daughter was around that age, what I didn't know is that her history teacher was being friendly to her, acting like someone who cared, she talked to him about boyfriends and other problems. I didn't even know she was eating lunch with him because she was having a hard time feeling comfortable in the cafeteria at lunch. Lucky for my daughter, he was also getting close with another girl and he eventually got caught having a sexual relationship with that other girl. My daughter was so upset, she even blamed the girl and she was angry at the teacher because he was fired and also lost his license to teach. It was very "hard" for my daughter to understand that it was "the teacher's fault", that's how good these predators "cultivate" their victims. My daughter really believed "he" was the victim and was really a nice guy. She was just "too young" to
see the truth.

It is unfortunate because there are teachers that are actually very clever predators. People think they are good and upstanding and caring too and they are always shocked when the truth comes out. They can be teachers, and principals and have authority roles, it was not long ago that a principal in my state was caught too.

You should have and still should report it, even if you do so anonymously because you are not the only one.

(((Hugs)))
OE