PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nearly a dozen men are now suing the state of Oregon, claiming they were sexually abused as teenagers while in custody at Maclaren Youth Correctional Facility. 

A new federal lawsuit accusing the State of Oregon as well as more than a dozen former Oregon Youth Authority directors and staff of failing to stop decades of sexual abuse at the Woodburn facility.

According to the lawsuit, a longtime doctor and PE teacher preyed on the boys for years while staff looked the other way. It also names another perpetrator and outlines a former police investigation which alleges the facility had a “coverup culture” for the abuse.

Each victim is now seeking $5 million in non-economic damages and $100,000 for counseling costs as their attorneys say the men are coming to grips w

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