NORTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – Two more people have filed lawsuits against KidsPeace in the last few months saying they were sexually abused as children, after three others made similar claims against the organization in a lawsuit last year.
A woman from Freeland, Pennsylvania, in a lawsuit filed on Feb. 24, said a male staff member sexually and physically abused her multiple times while she was a resident at KidsPeace. The lawsuit says she was at the Orefield facility for approximately six to seven months around 2010, when she was 13 years old.
According to the lawsuit, the woman reported the abuse to a male nurse and the director of the facility on the same day. Neither staff member took any action to stop the abuse, nor did either staff member report the abuse to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit says KidsPeace knew, or should have known, that staff members were sexually abusing children at their facility, including the woman, and did nothing to stop it.
A man from Ashland filed a lawsuit on December 19, 2025, also alleging abuse by a staff member. The man said he was in KidsPeace’s custody from around 2010-2015, when he was approximately 10 to 15 years old.
The lawsuit said a male mental health technician sexually abused him approximately three times a week for about four years.
The man reported the sexual abuse on two occasions to two staff members but neither reported the abuse, according to the lawsuit.
69 News reached out to KidsPeace about the most recent two lawsuits. The facility responded, saying in a statement that “As a matter of policy KidsPeace does not comment on pending litigation, except to say that we will vigorously defend our interests in all matters.”
Three people also alleged in a lawsuit last year that staff at the KidsPeace facility in Lehigh County sexually abused them when they were children.
The plaintiffs were sexually assaulted and physically, mentally, and emotionally abused by staff members of the KidsPeace in Orefield while in their legal and physical custody, according to that lawsuit filed against KidsPeace.
An Allentown woman, as well as a Lewistown man and a Norristown man, sued the facility.
KidsPeace harmed the three people by enabling the staff members and “fostering a culture of fear and unwarranted retribution,” the lawsuit said.
The first accuser, a 31-year-old man from Lewistown, was in custody of the Orefield facility when he was approximately 12-years-old and was sexually and physically abused by a female staff member on multiple occasions, the lawsuit said.
He identifies the alleged abuser’s last name and approximate age at the time. He reported the multiple incidents of abuse to another staff member at the time, who dismissed him by saying that in a “high intensity situation, your brain can make up things,” according to the lawsuit.
The second accuser, a 29-year-old Allentown woman, was approximately 12-13-years-old when she was living in the Orefield facility. She alleges that a male staff member sexually abused her on at least four separate occasions while she was a resident, the lawsuit says.
She said the staff member threatened her by physically restraining her to prevent her from reporting the abuse, as well as attempting to bribe her by giving her special privileges, the paperwork says.
The third accuser, a 27-year-old Norristown man, lived at the facility when he was approximately 14-years-old. He alleges that he was sexually abused on one occasion by a male guard while living at KidsPeace, according to the lawsuit.
He alleges that he reported this instance of abuse to another staff member at the facility but that no action was taken, the lawsuit says.
The three people involved in the lawsuit demand judgment against the defendants for more than $50,000, along with additional, separate categories of compensation and relief, according to the paperwork.
In response to the first lawsuit involving the first three accusers, KidsPeace said it does not comment on pending litigation.