'Where are all the bystanders?' — Group calls on those aware of abuse of children to speak up
CEO Maeve Lewis said questions needed to be asked as to why the reporting of child sexual abuse was so difficult, including what she described as "structural barriers", particularly when survivors were already dealing with the trauma of what happened to them earlier in life. File picture
One In Four has called on those aware of the past abuse of others to speak up.
The organisation's latest annual review shows it supported hundreds of men and women in "an under-resourced child protection system" and a society in which "the bystanders ... chose not to act".
