Shit-For-Brains Parents: what to do?

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Would you leave your child in the care of this winner?

Some poor 14 year old boy has parents moronic enough to consider this upstanding gentleman their friend. A friend who is fit to host sleep overs with their son.

What do you know? Poor kid is forced to watch porn movies all night while mom and dad's friend masturbates non-stop. Later, the dirt-bag sexually assaults the boy twice in his bed.

I don't know...he sure is a good looking dude. That wasn't funny, (sorry), what an awful horrible tragedy. Just disgusting.

Police and doctors have confirmed the boy's claims and arrested the child rapist.

Reference: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/...accuse.php

It appears the parents considered this degenerate a friend and did not fear leaving the child with him. When mom found out what went down at the sleepover, she reported it to the police. Admittedly, for all we know, the parents love their son and are just completely fucking clueless.

But, come on. The fact that this boy was left in the care of this dude is just not okay. Not a crime, and not necessarily neglect if the parents trusted this guy and had no idea. I don't think the automatic answer is removing the boy from his parents unless there are indicators that he is unloved, abused or otherwise neglected. Getting thrown into the DCS/CPS system can sometimes be be worse than the problem it's intended to alleviate, imo.

Question Is: What, if anything, can/should be done about this seemingly growing epidemic of shit-for-brains parents (without inflicting more pain on the children?).