YONKERS (NY)
News 12
February 22, 2021
News 12 has learned that the number of people suing The Children’s Village in Dobbs Ferry for sexual assault allegations has now doubled.
Eleven more men have come forward with allegations against The Children’s Village, bringing the total to 22.
The survivors claim they were sexually abused by staff and older residents when they were boys as young as 6. Their allegations date back to the 70s.
The attorney representing the men discussed with News 12 why they are coming forward now, decades after their alleged abuse.
“Their sexual identity to a certain extent was thrown into question when they were kids. Some of them had been fed alcohol and drugs,” says Robert Greenstein, the plaintiffs’ attorney.
The Children’s Village was supposed to be a safe haven for kids – many of them homeless, runaways or juvenile delinquents.
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