Women enduring hundreds of sexual abuse incidents before reporting it

Women may endure “hundreds” of incidents of abuse before they contact gardaí, a leading sexual assault treatment expert has claimed.

Women enduring hundreds of sexual abuse incidents before reporting it

Women may endure “hundreds” of incidents of abuse before they contact gardaí, a leading sexual assault treatment expert has claimed.

Advanced nurse practitioner Margo Noonan, who runs the South Infirmary’s Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, said it usually takes an extremely violent act for the woman to finally seek help.

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