New Hampshire youth center worker accused

It's the second criminal trial to stem from a broad 2019 investigation into historic abuse at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester. Bradley Asbury, now age 70, is among nine men who worked at the Manchester center or an associated facility in Concord who are facing criminal charges. Asbury and a colleague are accused of restraining the boy in the dormitory where Asbury served as house leader in 1997 while a third staffer raped him and a fourth forced him to perform a sex act. The boy was 14 at the time. In opening statements, prosecutor Audriana Mekula said the teen, who was already in trouble and on room confinement, made a smart-aleck comment to Asbury and was then dropped onto the floor from behind, picked up by his arms and legs, and dragged onto a staircase, where he was raped.

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