Suit: Michigan home for troubled girls a ‘house of horrors,’ rife with abuse
Vista Maria is a private, non-profit, public charity founded in 1883 by the Sisters of the Good Shepard. It serves as a contractor for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Wayne County, providing referral services for residential treatment of “at-risk” girls, foster care and juvenile justice case management. It ended its residential treatment program in late 2025. In February of this year, some 55 women and girls came forward alleging mistreatment and worse at the hands of Vista Maria staff. Six former residents have now filed a lawsuit against Vista Maria, alleging a pattern of abuse and neglect spanning decades.
There is a link in the above article to the lawsuit. Would you want anyone you loved to be sent to a residential placement like Vista Maria? “At-risk” kids are sitting ducks in these kinds of settings. It is reprehensible. Although the defendant would be wise to settle, if they want to play hardball a jury could do a good job with this case. Either way, the community and the state will learn what took place behind those closed doors using charitable donations and public grants. Do better next time, FFS.
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*Public, not pubic. Thanks to a reader for catching the Freudian slip. My apologies.
Dana Nessel was instrumental in Vista getting a Ford Foundation grant. They sent out an email with the FBI girl lover symbol on it. I stopped supporting the organization then.
Who was in charge of oversight of Vista at MDHHS? Odd that Michigan public schools report sexual allegations to MDHHS for investigation when they also dropped the ball at Vista. Seems as if the MDHHS has turned the other cheek to investigating trafficking, or they are complicit.
I agree, but maybe given Michigan’s fucked immunity laws the plaintiffs might have figured state officials would evade liability.