https://youtu.be/_6uzUT_OT4YClick over image to listen to the blog I recently read an article in the Irish Mail on Sunday about Joe Devine, who told his wife about his childhood experience of sexual abuse 35 years after it had occurred. He spoke about how he was sexually abused while attending St Augustine’s special needs school and how…
CLICK OVER IMAGE TO LISTEN I am very passionate about passing on any form of learning I believe could help people but sometimes I feel words are inadequate and can leave you wanting when you try to explain or describe an experience. One example of when I found this to be true is when I…
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…
As much as I hate labels, in our case being labelled as victims of sexual abuse gave us direction when we first went looking for support. However, I know that even now, the level of support available for victims of sexual abuse in Ireland, and around the world, is inadequate and receives insufficient funding. There…
CLICK OVER THE IMAGE TO LISTEN TO THE BLOG Paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children. It is also important that we understand that there are a certain percentage of paedophiles in the world today that have never acted on their…
We would like to respond to yesterday’s sentencing of a 30 year- old man who received two life sentences for repeatedly sexually abusing and raping two young children from Athlone. We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the families who must be in turmoil and hope they receive all the support they need to…
