Kids as young as 12 being sexually assaulted by other kids in Cork

Children as young as 12 years old are reporting sexual assault by peers while young male LGBT+ victims are slow to come forward to report sexual violence because of stigma, according to Cork’s Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) at the South Infirmary Victoria Hospital.

The unit said some children are making disclosures that they have been raped by other children.

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