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flag A former Chicago mental health counselor, Edmund Rivers, 68, was charged with sexually assaulting five boys, ages 7 to 14, between 1996 and 2004.

flag Edmund Rivers, 68, a former mental health counselor at Hartgrove Behavioral Health Hospital in Chicago, has been charged with sexually assaulting five boys, ages 7 to 14, between 1996 and 2004. flag Prosecutors allege the abuse occurred in multiple hospital areas, including patient rooms and a bathroom, with Rivers threatening victims using a syringe. flag The victims, who did not know one another, came forward after a civil lawsuit revealed a pattern of abuse. flag Rivers, who worked at the facility from 1993 to 2004, faces three counts of criminal sexual assault and two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault. flag He was arrested, ordered held without bond, and appeared in court, where Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke called the allegations horrific and commended the survivors’ courage. flag The hospital, now Hartgrove Behavioral Health System, has not commented.

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