In the Irish Examiner 17th February 2018, Seán Mc Cárthaigh reported that Juveniles committed 45% of sex offences in 2016 and that Juvenile offenders were responsible for almost half of all sexual offences recorded by Gardaí in 2016. I have to say that when I first heard the statistics on young offenders I was in…
I have watched many videos posted on Facebook where a trap is set for a sexual predator. I am really torn as to how I feel about this and wonder if others feel the same. Although as a victim of abuse for most of my childhood, I have more reasons than most to want these…
Happy families seem to be everywhere during the festive period and pictures of the idyllic family Christmas can trigger feelings of inadequacy for those that have become estranged from their family for whatever reason. Victims of sexual abuse often feel that portrayals of ‘normal’ family life highlights the closeness that they often lack. Christmas time…
