Nearly 90% of sexual violence victims in Cork knew their perpetrator's identity

More than two-thirds of those who came forward did not report what had happened to them to gardaí

Of those who contacted the Sexual Violence Centre in Cork for help in 2020, 90.3% were female. File Picture

The majority of victims (87%) who contacted the Sexual Violence Centre in Cork (SVCC) last year knew the identity of the perpetrator.

That is among the findings of the centre’s annual report for 2020, released this afternoon. Of the people who contacted SVCC in 2020, 90.3% were female.