Children Services: Sequel Pomegranate incidents ‘unacceptable,’ but will continue partnership

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Franklin County Children Services, which pays Sequel Pomegranate about $5 million each year to care for children in its custody, says the incidents of violence and sexual abuse at the psychiatric facility are “unacceptable” but that it has no plans to sever its contractual agreement with Sequel Pomegranate.“Certainly those situations are not acceptable. They are very serious and as a child protection agency, we take each concern, each complaint seriously.