my child, thinking i was helping her? >> teresa did not want it happening to anyone else. ashley begged her, don't report the alleged rape. and so she didn't. but teresa did call child protective services, cps, and she told them about ashley's other allegations of physical abuse. >> they stated that they were going to go out and check the facility and all that. once they got back with me, they stated that they didn't see anything. there was nothing they could do. >> teresa contacted the sheriff's office, too. same story. nothing happened. what teresa didn't know was that she was far from the first or only person to make a complaint to authorities about the circle of hope. a mother told us she reported the school the year after it opened. and as time went on, police records show, more relatives and students told stories of abuse. about a girl covered in bruises.