30% of sex abuse victims suffered multiple abusers

THREE in 10 survivors of sexual violence who appeared for counselling at rape crisis centres last year were victims of multiple abusers.

The annual report of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) today will show that in many cases sexual violence was committed by more than one perpetrator, or sometimes by groups of abusers, against both male and female victims.

A total of 1,840 survivors availed of counselling through the RCNI’s 16 centres last year.