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State verifies many sex abuse allegations at Oregon schools
KATU News has been one of several media outlets in the last few months to report on sex abuse cases filed across multiple Oregon school districts, but the events are not isolated.
State reports show credible abuse allegations in school districts are far from uncommon.
Quarterly reports from the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Office of Training, Investigations, and Safety (OTIS) show in 2024 alone the state investigated 260 allegations of abuse in Oregon schools and verified 61 of those claims.
Of those investigations, 54 were into claims of sex abuse with 13 of those claims being verified by the agency.
The latest report was published for allegations substantiated by OTIS between April and June and would not include a slew of recent sex abuse cases reported in schools across Oregon.
Most notably the high-profile sex abuse scandal in the St. Helens School District which occurred on Nov. 12. The district has been in the headlines for weeks after two teachers were arrested for sex abuse charges, leading to student protests and district-wide school closures.
The student-led movement was accompanied by parental uproar, at least one administrator's resignation, and 10 staff members now on administrative leave as the district reckons with claims that it willfully ignored abuse reports.
Over the past few months KATU and other media outlets have reported extensively on sex abuse cases across multiple school districts in Oregon.
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