If the thought of being sexually assaulted in your home in the middle of the night by a masked intruder sounds incomprehensibly traumatic, imagine if the assault was only the beginning of a yearslong period of shame, abuse and neglect brought on by people whose jobs are to protect you.

Shocking details of this incident, which occurred nearly 25 years ago in Waterbury, Connecticut, will be told April 23 in the Robert E. Miller Auditorium at Quinebaug Valley Community College in Danielson.