Ex-Youth Center Leader Convicted of Holding Teen During 1998 Rape

Bradley Asbury, 70, faces up to 40 years in prison after being found guilty of aiding sexual assault at a New Hampshire facility.

Bradley Asbury was convicted on two counts of being an accomplice to aggravated sexual assault for his role in restraining a 14-year-old boy during a 1998 attack at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The victim, Michael Gilpatrick, now 41, testified about the traumatic assault, describing the event as an out-of-body experience and expressing relief at the guilty verdict.
Prosecutors highlighted the systemic abuse at the facility, where Asbury was among 11 former staff members arrested following a 2019 investigation into decades of alleged abuse.
Defense attorneys argued that Gilpatrick's testimony lacked corroboration and suggested financial motivations tied to ongoing civil lawsuits, but the jury sided with the prosecution after three days of deliberation.
The case is part of a broader legal reckoning involving over 1,100 lawsuits alleging abuse at the center, with one victim previously awarded $38 million in a civil trial, though the state is seeking to reduce that amount.