Support group helps 931 survivors

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.

The support organisation launches its annual report today, showing that 931 clients used its services last year, including 182 clients who attended for individual and group counselling.

The overall number of clients seen in 2010 is down about 100 on the figures for 2009, the year in which the Ryan and Murphy reports into clerical child sex abuse were published.