Six separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

MORE than 900 adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse attended services provided by One In Four last year, with a rise in the percentage who suffered abuse within the family and a drop in the numbers abused by clergy.

IN THE first sign of a reaction by the Vatican to the Cloyne report, its press officer has claimed the Holy See never instructed Irish bishops to withhold information on abuse cases.

Sexual abuse support group One In Four dealt with twice the number of abuse survivors last year in the wake of the Murphy and Ryan reports, according to its annual report.

Survivors of institutional child abuse in the North are demanding equal treatment to victims in the Republic.

Abuse support group One in Four has said today's pastoal letter from the Pope falls far short of addressing the concerns of victims of clerical abuse.

Abuse victim support group One in Four has today called for the Government to intervene in the controversy surrounding Cardinal Sean Brady.

The Pope has been criticised for his response to the Murphy Report into the cover-up of child abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.

ABUSE victim support groups have reacted with dismay at revelations that files on 56 priests suspected of child sex abuse and handed to the Dublin Commission of Investigation will be destroyed.

Two leading sex abuse support groups tonight demanded immediate explanations for delays in publishing the damning report on the Dublin Archdiocese.

CHILDREN’S Minister Barry Andrews is facing pressure from party colleague Mary O’Rourke to come up with emergency funds for the organisation One in Four after the victim support group was swamped with pleas for help.

CHILDREN’S Minister Barry Andrews is facing pressure from party colleague Mary O’Rourke to come up with emergency funds for the organisation One in Four after the victim support group was swamped with pleas for help.

HELPLINES are reporting a surge in victims of abuse from religious-run day schools contacting them in the wake of the damning Ryan report as well appeals for help in progressing prosecutions against abusers.

Victims of the horrific child abuse inflicted in State-run institutions feel empty and cheated by the nine-year inquiry, they said today.

The One in Four support group for victims of sexual abuse has condemned an apology by the Catholic Church over the Cloyne abuse scandal as 'too little, too late".

THE exposure of clerical abuse in the Catholic Church has given victims of sexual violence in the home the strength to speak out, activists said yesterday.

The One in Four group says better out-of-hours social services are needed to protect young people from child sexual abuse.

The One in Four support group is calling on the Government to provide adequate funding for the treatment of sexual offenders.

One in Four, the national charity which supports women and men who have experienced sexual violence today welcomed the announcement by Government of its proposed wording for a constitutional amendment on children and the publication of the 28th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2007.

Only three in every one thousand sex crimes against Irish children results in a prosecution, it was claimed today.

The One in Four organisation has called for constitutional changes to strengthen children's rights and give young people more legal protection from abuse.

The support group for victims of sexual abuse One in Four has condemned any threats of violence against priests in the wake of the Ferns Inquiry.

The One in Four support group for victims of sexual abuse is due to publish its first annual report later today.

THE support group One in Four has vowed to continue assisting victims of sexual abuse despite a 24% cut in funding.

The Christian Brothers today clashed with an organisation representing victims of sex abuse after denying the practice had been so widespread as claimed.

THE Government last night described as outrageous the allegations it had cut funding to abuse survivors’ group One in Four because of its director’s criticism of the Department of Health.