

Mascaro, unable to live with the memory and consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter, committed suicide. Opher was eventually tried and convicted and received a sentence of incarceration of 50 *354 to 150 years for his actions. Opher took young Michelle and, after beating her, took her into her parents' bedroom where he raped and sodomized her for several hours, as the rest of the family, bound and gagged, were forced to listen to her screams. Mascaro and young Kenneth, while the accomplice raped Mrs. While they were burglarizing Appellees' house, Appellees came home discovering the intruders. The complaint also alleges that once at large, Opher, and an accomplice, broke into Appellees' home in Philadelphia. This is the appeal of the City of Philadelphia and its Youth Study Center (Appellants) from the Opinion and Order of Commonwealth Court reversing in part the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which entered judgment on the pleadings in its favor and dismissed a complaint against it and other parties filed by Michelle Mascaro and Kenneth Mascaro, in their own right and as parents of their children, Kenneth Mascaro and Michelle Mascaro, both minors (Appellees).Īppellees alleged in their complaint that one Claude Opher, a detainee in the Philadelphia Youth Study Center (Center), a detention center for juvenile criminal offenders, escaped from the detention center because the City of Philadelphia (City) and the Center negligently maintained the real estate, thereby facilitating the escape. Pandola, Jr., Chief, Claims, Philadelphia, for appellants.ĭavid Assad, Philadelphia, for appellees.īefore NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ. Axelrod, Deputy City Sol., Appeals, Armando A. YOUTH STUDY CENTER, City of Philadelphia, Wilson Goode and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellants. The CCYS seeks to develop partners at the university, community, state, national, and international levels.Michelle MASCARO, a Minor, and Kenneth Mascaro, a Minor, by their parents Kenneth Mascaro and Michelle Mascaro, Appellees,.To promote the goals of citizenship and social responsibility in children.



The role of major social institutions at the political, economic, governmental, legislative, and policy levels and their responsibility to support the wellbeing of all children.The importance of the family as the child’s main support system.The social obligation of communities to provide educational, health, economic, housing, social service, recreational services that children need in order to grow into strong and contributing members of society.The importance of civic engagement to make the world a better place, so that all children can have greater possibilities for contributing to its wellbeing, peace, and justice.The scholarly abilities of the faculty at Salem State to promote child wellbeing.The integrity of all children and youth, irrespective of nationality, ethnicity, race, gender, or social position.The importance of each and every child to shape the world of today and tomorrow.The Center for Childhood and Youth Studies values promote:
