The now-defunct Miracle Meadows boarding school in rural West Virginia has settled lawsuits alleging students were beaten, raped, starved and held in solitary confinement for a record $100 million, attorneys said.
Dozens of child abuse survivors alleging they were routinely beaten, starved and sexually assaulted at a Christian boarding school have reached a record $100 million settlement, their attorneys announced.
The now-defunct Miracle Meadows School in rural West Virginia was sued by former students who claimed they were subjected to widespread abuse including rape, solitary confinement for months and being denied food and medical care.
Attorneys alleged hundreds of students were subjected to “horrifying and unspeakable forms of sexual, physical and psychological mistreatment” at the boarding school in the Appalachian community of Salem.
The school offered treatment for at-risk children aged 7 to 17, and for those with learning disabilities. It operated from 1987 to 2014, when it was closed by the state.
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