933. Hope Haven

Hope Haven located near New Orleans in Louisiana was founded in 1911 as  St. Vincent’s Hotel. The targetgroup was homeless men and boys. Over time it grew. Maybe the facility became too big to monitor as information now surface that a priest abused boys. The organization in charge at the time of the alleged abuse is the religious orders of Salesians of Don Bosco and School Sisters of Notre Dame as they are named in a lawsuit.

It would not be the first time lack of supervision results in abuse.

It sounds like it was not a fun place to be as a teenager.

Sources:

• Priest, nun sexually abused boy living at home for troubled kids in the ’70s, suit says (The Sun Herald)
• Nostalgia: Hope Haven (NewOrleans.com)
• Priest, nun named in new Hope Haven sexual abuse lawsuit (Bishop Accountability)
• New lawsuit alleges members of Hope Haven children’s home sexually abused man when he stayed at home in 1970s (MSN)