Abuse

Levi David Gray received a 20 month prison sentence followed by three years of post-prison supervision.

St. Helens High School Principal Katy Wagner, who is facing criminal charges for her role in a sexual abuse scandal in the district, has resigned from her position.

New allegations of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility staff sexually abusing teens in custody are detailed in another lawsuit filed in a U.S. District Court last week.

Jennifer Langston talks about being shot by her boyfriend in 2014, and how she lives with the trauma today.

In interviews with OPB, former St. Helens High School students say teachers have crossed lines for decades. A teacher who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a student in the 1980s later represented state agencies responsible for protecting Oregon’s children and holding accountable those who abuse them.

Students and parents called on the principal, superintendent and all school board members to resign, in what was a student-led protest. The principal, Katy Wagner, and superintendent, Scot Stockwell, are both on paid administrative leave as of Friday.

One of the largest settlements ever by an Oregon public school district results from years of allowing abusive conduct by high school teacher and coach Kyle Wroblewski.

The state allegedly placed young children in a mold-ridden home that reeked of cat urine, with foster parents who physically and sexually abused the children.

Reports of physical, emotional, and financial abuse of people aged 65 an older went up by 10 percent in Oregon between 2013 and 2014.