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‘These girls were all abused’: Lebanon faith-based teen program closes after 35 women file federal lawsuit

Refuge Girls Academy, a faith-based addiction treatment program in Lebanon, Indiana, has closed its doors following a federal lawsuit filed by dozens of former residents alleging decades of systemic physical and psychological abuse.

‘These girls were all abused’: Lebanon faith-based teen program closes after 35 women file federal lawsuit

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