A Missouri ranch for troubled boys covered up rapes and sexual assaults committed against young boys in 2009 and 2010, according to lawsuits filed by three former residents.
Some boys fondled, molested and raped younger boys, the lawsuits say, while the ranch ignored the abuse and sometimes punished boys for reporting it.
According to the lawsuits, Lives Under Construction viewed sexual abuse as consensual acts between residents and fired an employee in retaliation for making a hotline call about it.
There was a "culture of pervasive sexual assault," the lawsuits say.
Lives Under Construction, a Christian residential facility for troubled boys near the Arkansas border, denies these allegations.
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According to Ortman, 69 years old and white-haired, the boys' ranch would not be in operation today were it not for the will of God.
Boys claim sexual abuse was covered up at ranch
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