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Now ye're talking - to a survivor of child sexual abuse

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,436 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Sorry for your trouble, OP.

    Did you ever consider going public? A friend is considering going to the press with details of historic sexual abuse, partly as a way to help bring closure to a legal case against the organisation concerned. I'd love to see him getting justice, but I'm concerned about how going public might affect his mental health.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,616 ✭✭✭Gloomtastic!


    Sorry for your trouble, OP.

    Did you ever consider going public? A friend is considering going to the press with details of historic sexual abuse, partly as a way to help bring closure to a legal case against the organisation concerned. I'd love to see him getting justice, but I'm concerned about how going public might affect his mental health.

    Going to interject and suggest, unless there is a newsworthy element to either of your stories ie either the abused or abuser is a public figure, then you would probably be wasting your time and feel even more rejected. It is estimated that one in four children have suffered sexual abuse, the press unfortunately will not be interested.


  • Posts: 18,749 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]



    The police were involved in the case when I was 6 but he was never convicted, he has since died. Regarding the case of when I was 10-13 I have recently had a strength to go make a statement so I'm not to sure what will happen there yet.

    did you or your mother not report her partner for abusing you, at the time you told her?
    to either social workers or Gardai ?


  • Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Thanks so much to our volunteer for taking the time to answer questions about what must be a very difficult and private subject.

    I'll close this one up now. Thanks for the questions too guys.


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