🏕 YMCA and YWCA sexual abuse and assault allegations: Who’s been affected?
According to the lawsuit YMCA knew counselors sexually abused campers and students.
Were you or someone you love abused or assaulted by a YMCA or YWCA employee, member, or volunteer?
There has been a troubling increase in nationwide reports of sexual assault. While many reports involve religious organizations, the Young Men’s Christian Association (“YMCA”), the Young Women’s Christian Association (“YWCA”), and other popular youth organizations across the country faced similar allegations of sexual abuse.
A growing number of YMCA and YWCA lawsuits include the complaint that these organizations fail to properly recognize and address abuse at their facilities and are often perpetrated by the counselors and leaders.
If you have been a victim of sexual assault or abuse and want to take legal action against YMCA and YWCA to receive the compensation and the justice you deserve.
What Can Be Done?
If you or someone you love has suffered sexual assault in connection with the YMCA or YWCA, you may qualify for a review of a YMCA and YWCA abuse lawsuit.
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.[2] It was founded on 6 June 1844 by Sir George Williams in London, originally as the Young Men's Christian Association, and aims to put Christian principles into practice by developing a healthy "body, mind, and spirit."
A dire 93% of child sex abuse victims knew their perpetrators prior to the crime; of these, 34% of perpetrators were family members, whereas 59% were acquaintances — which include family friends, coaches, teachers, priests and youth program leaders, employees, and volunteers, according to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the country.
Because the YMCA and YWCA offer programs for children and adults, the interaction between these groups of individuals is inevitable, even without employees or volunteers.
The YMCA and YWCA are two of many youth organizations with a history of sexual abuse only recently coming to light.
If you or someone you love was sexually abused and/or assaulted at a YMCA or YWCA in any of the states listed below, legal help is available.
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Pennsylvania
- Vermont
See if you qualify YMCA and YWCA Claim here.
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.[2] It was founded on 6 June 1844 by Sir George Williams in London, originally as the Young Men's Christian Association, and aims to put Christian principles into practice by developing a healthy "body, mind, and spirit."
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