Challenging’ was the description that most came to mind as I watched Beyond Redemption? A Would You Believe? Special, last Thursday night on RTÉ 1.
After years of concentration on the victims of sexual
abuse this programme focused on the perpetrators and what could be done
to support them in such a way that they would be less likely to
re-offend and thus ensure less victims in the future. Some readers may,
understandably, bristle at the word ‘support’.