Sexual abuse support group under threat

A SUPPORT group for those sexually abused by the religious will be forced to close at the end of the month because the Government has refused to provide adequate funding.

Colm O’Gorman, who established One In Four, will go public later today on the organisation’s financial crisis. He is furious at the way the voluntary organisation has been treated, particularly after being personally encouraged by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, to establish an office in Ireland.

The organisation, originally established in London, had never wanted to be dependent on the State for money and was always anxious to develop an independent funding source.