After multiple lawsuits accused Glade Run Lutheran Services of allowing sexual assaults to happen inside its facilities, the cases have been resolved.

The cases paint a chilling picture: Children with intellectual and medical challenges placed in the care of professionals, but they were left unprotected from predators inside multiple Glade Run facilities. However, after years of litigation, settlements are bringing families justice.

The Butler County residential treatment facility for children with autism and other developmental disabilities once prided itself on serving more than 4,000 children across western Pennsylvania. But lawsuits revealed that behind closed doors, some endured unthinkable and irreversible trauma.

"They were sent there to get help by their parents, and then for th

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