One in Four backs calls for age-appropriate sex ed

One in Four has backed calls for sex education for all children after a study showed that unless children disclose they have been abused around the time it happens, there is a risk they will not do so until they are an adult, if at all.

The research reviewed the files of 273 children suspected of having been abused who attended a child sexual abuse centre between 2006 and 2015. It found that more than 60% had been abused by a family member; 30% had been abused for a year; and more than a quarter had been abused 10 or more times.