Survey shows vast majority of perpetrators of child sexual violence are male

91% of adults who experienced non-contact sexual violence as a child and almost nine in 10 adults who experienced contact sexual violence as a child reported that the perpetrator was male.

About 90% of adults who experienced sexual violence as a child reported the perpetrator was male.

Women and bisexual people were more likely to experience non-contact sexual violence as a child, according to a new survey from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).