To Catch a Paedophile
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. …
Hidden Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
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…
Paedophiles – Monsters or Humans?
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…
Does Childhood Sexual Abuse Change Who You Are Forever?
Click on the image to listen to the blog Can you ever be healed from the impacts of childhood sexual abuse (csa)? or does csa become part or your DNA? It might seem strange to…
Survivors Guide to Christmas
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…
Sex Offenders-Not in My Back Yard
On Monday 18th December 2017 Irish Independent Correspondent Conor Feehan reported how a local community are seeking the eviction of convicted sex offender, Michael Murray from his rented accommodation in South Dublin. Members of the local…
Why Ending Celibacy for Priests is not the answer to ending child sexual abuse
This week the media have been reporting on the commissioned report in Australia that investigated an epidemic of child abuse dating back decades. The commission identified 4,444 victims of abuse most of those suspected of abuse were…
Getting it Right- to Report or Not to Report
In an article published in the Irish Times on Monday December 11th 2017, Helen Buckley spoke about the many reasons why Children’s First Legislation -Mandatory Reporting of child abuse will put children at greater risk.…
A Signal To Society
On November 24th, 2017, I was watching the RTE news when a relation to the pensioner siblings Willie, Flora and Chrissie Creed who suffered a brutal attack by three men who broke into their home…