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Children Services Failed to Act | Columbus News
A woman who endured years of abuse in her family just won a staggering $24 million verdict — but the real shocker? The agency that received multiple reports of abuse never launched an investigation. Despite criminal charges against family members and a former deputy, the children’s services department itself remains untouched by accountability or punishment. The victim alleges a caseworker was even a friend of her abuser, and while the county settled for $420K (denying any fault), the judge’s ruling exposes a chilling failure in child protection systems — where the first responders to abuse…
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