Clíona Saidléar: Case of teen who raped niece should be a wake-up call on access to porn

The perpetrator of horrific abuse began watching sexual activity online at age nine. Unfettered access to it must be addressed before such attacks become commonplace

A judge heard that a teenager was ‘playing out’ the pornography which he first started viewing at age nine, when he raped his niece.

High Court Judge, Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy, this week called for internet pornography and child access to same to be addressed at primary school level. The RCNI wholeheartedly agree.

She also acknowledged that it might be shocking to think we need to be talking to children in primary school about pornography. The judge asserted that the case she was adjudicating on alone provided evidence for the need to do so.