Recent Posts in Sexual Abuse Category

Allegations of sexual abuse are now being investigated at a Norfolk-based treatment center for troubled youth.

The Pines Residential Treatment Center is now under scrutiny by Virginia licensing investigators who received a complaint from a young boy from North Carolina. The Pines actually has several treatment centers, but the Norfolk center has started withdrawing the 113 residents until the investigation has come to a close.

A spokeswoman for the facility has responded to the alleged abuse, saying that it was a "peer-to-peer" incident. A call last week to the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services began the investigation, right after the alleged victim was released. However, preliminary reports are not showing any evidence-based proof of the abuse to provide credibility to the charges.

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A Texas community is applauding the 75-year sentence that a sexual offender from Oklahoma. 

After being charged with aggravated sexual assault against a mentally disabled person, 32-year-old Steven Wayne Morgan was found guilty by a jury in New Boston this week. The victim, a 29-year-old male, told the court that Morgan contacted him several times before picking him up outside of a floral shop, about 150 miles east of Dallas. 

Morgan transported the victim to a mobile home and committed sexual abuse against him; he finished by threatening to shoot the victim if he told anybody. Luckily, DNA evidence was able to pin Morgan down as the perpetrator.

Just six years earlier Morgan received ten years of probation after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl from Oklahoma. 

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In Massachusetts, the Associated Press reports that a priest who was cleared by the Boston Archdiocese three years ago for allegations of child sex abuse is now facing more accusations.

Last week Wednesday, the archdiocese reported that Rev. Thomas Curran has been restricted from the public ministry following recent allegations that he sexually abused children throughout the 10970s and 1980s.

From 2002 to 2007, Curran was placed on administrative leave while the church investigated two sexual abuse allegations, which it found unsubstantiated.  Curran was then placed on permanent disability which restricted his ministry to family only.  Now, he is restricted from any ministry.

According to Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the recent charged have brought the archdiocese "great sadness" and went against its efforts to protect children within the church.

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A Minnesota lawsuit has stated that our nursing home aids are being sued for physical and sexual abuse of residents with dementia. After an investigation at the nursing home, it was uncovered that the aids were groping, spanking and spitting on a number of residents. The lawsuit has been filed in Freeborn County, but the nursing home has not been cited because with the investigation it was found that they handled the situation correctly.

Nursing home abuse should not happen, but it is more common than most people believe it to be. You need to understand that you have rights that should be protected if you or someone you know is being abused in a nursing home. Whether it is physical, sexual, emotional or mental abuse, it should not be occurring and you do have steps you can take to hold the guilty party responsible.

By hiring a nursing home abuse attorney, you can move forward with a case against the abuser and recover expenses for medical costs and pain and suffering. A lawyer will support you during this difficult time of dealing insurance companies and investigations. An attorney will always have your best interest in mind while handling the legal aspects of this situation. Please take some time today to contact a nursing home abuse lawyer to begin discussing your case.

A sexual abuse lawsuit has been filed against an Indiana nursing home and one of its certified nursing assistants.

The lawsuit was filed by Adell Franklin, 56, who claims a nursing assistant working at the home came into his room and touched him in a sexually suggestive manner without his consent.

Franklin moved to the Golden Living Centers in Merrillville after a stroke left him partially paralyzed. The lawsuit was filed against the nurse, 26-year-old Ismael Golden, and Golden Living Centers.

Golden has yet to comment about the allegations, but in an interview with the Post-Tribune a year ago he claimed that Franklin knew he was gay, and because Franklin disapproved of his sexuality he fabricated the alleged abuse because he didn’t want Golden to take care of him.

Golden has since been fired from the nursing home and charged with misdemeanor battery. He is scheduled to appear in Lake Superior Court on March 1.

The nursing home has refused to comment on the case, since it hasn’t been served with a complaint yet, but did say that it does not tolerate abuse or mistreatment of any kind and that Golden underwent a stringent screening process before he was hired.

Franklin’s lawsuit is seeking an unspecified amount in damages.

If you or a loved one is a victim of sexual abuse in a nursing home, you could have legal grounds to file a lawsuit and collect damages. To learn more, it’s best to arrange a consultation with a skilled nursing home abuse attorney as soon as possible!