Norris should withdraw from race

HAVING been in practice as a psychiatrist in Ireland for the past 13 years, I have had the experience of dealing with more than hundreds of victims of child sexual abuse, teenage sexual abuse and other such crimes.

I have treated the victims to the best of my ability and have tried to explain to others why these unfortunate individuals have gone on to develop psychiatric and psychological or personality disorders.

There has never been a person who has tried to persuade me that they believe that the abuse of children, child molestation, is anything other than utterly horrific and deserving of the most severe sanctions which our Courts Service can impose.