Parents of Students Involved in Alleged Gregory School Bathroom Incident File Suit Against School

The parents of three Gregory School students involved in an incident in the school's bathroom last year, have filed a $30 million law suit against the Long Branch School District, a Philly.com report states.

The suit alleges that two former school employees

A call was made to Long Branch School District Superintendent Michael Salvatore seeking comment, but has not yet been returned.

The two employees, Kevin Garifine and Robert I. Rego were initially suspended without pay last March, and the district chose not to renew their contracts last July.

Rego was employed as an assistant building manager and Garifine was a plumber for the district. Neither man was ever indicted by the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and no charges were ever filed against them.

According to the Philly.com article, two boys were in a bathroom at the Gregory School on March 1, 2012 as janitors Kevin Garifine and Robert S. Rego were doing maintenance.

"Garifine and Rego demanded the two boys 'play a game' and then 'forcibly and violently tied' the students' hands together with tape," the article states "After ordering the two boys to 'be quiet' the janitors gagged the boys' mouths with more of the tape, according to the complaint."

"Two more boys entered the room," the article continues "Garifine and Rego ordered their silence and then also tied up and gagged them with tape, the complaint states. Then the two men pushed the four children against a bathroom wall and took pictures with their cell phones."

The Philly.com article also states that the suit claims the students' teachers, "ignored the kids' accounts, the principal failed to immediately call police."

"The parents claim their boys suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, have heightened anxiety and fear, are unable to sleep normally and now have decreased self-esteem and depression," the article states.

The allegations against the two have never been confirmed by the school, the police or the prosecutor's office and Long Branch School District Superintendent Michael Salvatore said in the past that there have been no allegations of sexual abuse.

The school has stated that the incident was reported to the Division of Youth & Family Services, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office and the Long Branch Police. The investigations launched by each organization have resulted in no action, according to the resolution which terminated Rego and Garifine's contracts with the school district.

In a statement released on March 2, Salvatore stated that the "acts are claimed to be without malice and in jest," but he did not comment further on what happened in the Gregory School bathroom.

This is a breaking news story and it will be updated as soon as more information become available.