Six brave survivors of child sexual abuse perpetrated by staff members at several residential treatment facilities operated by Youth Consultation Service in New Jersey have come forward to seek justice. Represented by Levy Konigsberg Attorneys including Madeline O’Reilly, six survivors filed sexual abuse lawsuits this week against Youth Consultation Services, the State of New Jersey, and others for the sexual abuse they suffered while confined at several residential treatment centers operated by Youth Consultation Service at the hands of employees.
Our legal team is leading the way in investigating child sexual abuse claims from residential treatment center patients in New Jersey at Holley Child Care and Development Center and other facilities.
For many years, New Jersey’s most vulnerable children have been sexually abused, neglected, and traumatized at residential treatment centers throughout the state, including Holley Child Care and Development Center and others operated by Youth Consultation Service. New Jersey’s practice of confining children with special needs to residential treatment centers like those operated by Youth Consultation Service rather than providing supportive interventions caused untold numbers of vulnerable children to be subjected to regular sexual abuse perpetrated by staff members. There have been numerous documented and publicized incidents of sexual abuse perpetrated by staff members at residential treatment centers operated by Youth Consultation Service.
According to the lawsuit, many different staff at Youth Consultation Service’s Residential Treatment Centers were involved in sexual abuse, such as:
- Counselors
- Supervisors
- Teachers
- Nurses
- Medical staff members
- And others
Despite the widespread and well-known sexual abuse of children at residential treatment centers operated by Youth Consultation Service, little has been done to protect these children or to punish their abusers. It is this pattern of negligence on the part of Youth Consultation Service and the State of New Jersey that has prompted the filing of these lawsuits. The shocking negligence in Youth Consultation Service’s failure to stop the sexual abuse of children at the facility is detailed in the complaint that was filed this week.
Leading the Way for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Levy Konigsberg and its team of dedicated trial attorneys are at the forefront of childhood sexual abuse litigation, having filed hundreds of lawsuits nationwide on behalf of survivors.
In announcing this week’s filings, a Levy Konigsberg attorney stated:
“As children, our clients were placed at Youth Consultation Service’s residential treatment facilities when they were vulnerable and in need of supportive, therapeutic services. Instead, they were sexually abused by the very people responsible for their care and treatment. When the State of New Jersey places at-risk children, many with special needs, at residential treatment facilities that enable the sexual abuse of these children, the State and the residential treatment facilities must be held accountable. These lawsuits brought by courageous survivors seek justice for the many years of rampant and systematic sexual abuse inflicted on children at Youth Consultation Service’s residential treatment facilities that likely continues to this day.”
Levy Konigsberg represents hundreds of survivors of child sexual abuse at and plans to continue fighting tirelessly on their behalf.
Levy Konigsberg is a nationwide trial law firm with a proven track record of representing survivors of sexual abuse. We have the strength, size, and resources needed to file lawsuits against government agencies, religious groups, medical institutions, and more. If you want to know if you can file a claim for child sexual abuse that occurred at Holley Child Care and Development Center, or another residential treatment facility operated by Youth Consultation Service in New Jersey, then speak with our team today.
Please call 800-315-3806 now and request a free, initial consultation with our firm.