More than 100 people allege abuse by staffers at the Polinsky Children’s Center from the early 1990s to as recently as last year

A series of recently filed civil complaints allege that more than 100 children were sexually assaulted over the years by staff members at a San Diego County-owned emergency shelter for children.

Attorneys representing the plaintiffs allege that between 1994 and 2020, their clients were sexually abused by staff members and threatened in order to keep them from reporting the abuse.