Former counselor at Chicago behavior health facility sexually assaulted young patients: Prosecutors

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Original Load Date Dec. 1, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 1, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
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A former counselor at a Chicago behavioral health center was charged with sexually abusing five young patients in the late 1990s and early 2000s, prosecutors said. Edmund Rivers, 68, was previously employed as a mental health counselor at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital, which is currently kno...