NEW YORK, May 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Levy Konigsberg has
filed a lawsuit on behalf of twelve survivors of sexual abuse
against Merakey USA, which
operated Northwestern Academy, a juvenile detention center in
Coal Township, Pennsylvania
alleging that Merakey failed to protect children from rampant
sexual abuse perpetrated by adult employees at Northwestern
Academy. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of twelve men and women who
were abused as children at Northwestern Academy, is the latest in a
string of juvenile detention abuse lawsuits spearheaded by Levy
Konigsberg.
Despite the widespread and well-known sexual abuse of children
at Northwestern Academy, little has been done to protect these
children or to punish their abusers. It is this pattern of
negligence on the part of Northwestern Academy that has prompted
the filing of this lawsuit. The shocking negligence in Northwestern
Academy's failure to stop the sexual abuse of children at the
facility is detailed in the complaint that was filed this
week.
In announcing today's lawsuit, Levy Konigsberg Partner Jerome
Block stated:
"Our clients were sentenced to Northwestern Academy when they
were children in need of help, support, and understanding. Instead,
they were sexually violated by the very adult staff members whose
job it was to keep them safe. When juvenile facilities enable the
sexual abuse of children, they must be held to account along with
the predatory abusers. It is not enough that Northwestern Academy
was closed in 2016; these lawsuits brought by courageous survivors
seek full accountability and justice for the many years of rampant
and systematic sexual abuse inflicted on children at this
facility."
Levy Konigsberg has filed hundreds of lawsuits on behalf of
survivors of sexual abuse nationwide and is at the forefront of
litigation in New York,
Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, and other states.
Levy Konigsberg represents hundreds of survivors of child sexual
abuse at Pennsylvania's juvenile
detention facilities and plans to continue fighting tirelessly on
their behalf.
For additional information about Pennsylvania juvenile detention center sex
abuse lawsuits spearheaded by Levy Konigsberg, media members
and journalists are encouraged to reach out to Attorney Jerome
Block by using the law firm's contact
form: https://www.levylaw.com/contact-us/.
Media Contact: Attorney Jerome
Block; Jblock@levylaw.com
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