Few people in modern Ireland emerge with much credit from an examination of the most distressing issue of child sexual abuse.
The exceptions are the survivors of this evil crime; a handful of heroic individuals who tried, often in vain, to draw the authorities' attention; and more recently advocates who have campaigned for changes on the issue. The rest of us struggle to learn the many lessons of recent years and fervently hope the future will bring no repeats.
The exceptions are the survivors of this evil crime; a handful of heroic individuals who tried, often in vain, to draw the authorities' attention; and more recently advocates who have campaigned for changes on the issue. The rest of us struggle to learn the many lessons of recent years and fervently hope the future will bring no repeats.