Lawsuit filed against Illinois DCFS over teen sex abuse at Aunt Martha's foster care facility

Source CBS Local
Original Load Date June 18, 2026, 7 p.m.
Last Updated June 18, 2026, 7 p.m.
Original URL https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/aunt-marthas-lawsuit-illinois-dcfs-sexual-assault-17-year-old/

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"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, [ a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation ][7] . On Thursday, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was added as a defendan...