'Yours sincerely, 4 heart broken families': Relatives of men suspected of accessing child-abuse images pen public letter

"Each family sat alone in their homes, not knowing what to do or where to go, each putting on their brave face to continue numbly with their jobs, relationships and obligations."

The families of four men suspected of accessing images of child abuse online have written a public letter to describe the effects on their lives. Raids were carried out on their homes in 2016, and electronic equipment was seized.

RTE's Joe Duffy read out their letter on Liveline today, as a follow-up to a programme on Monday where a wife wrote in to speak about discovering her husband had been accessing child abuse images and videos online and the horrific chapter in her/their lives that followed.