That changed somewhat in the 1990s, when the horrors of clerical and institutional child sexual abuse began to emerge, but there was a continuing resistance to tackle familial abuse.
Most abuse is carried out by family members or people known to the victim.
It creates a perpetual anxiety for the survivor which is hard to put to rest.
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Today Sophie has a difficult message about how we deal with child abuse.
Prisoners are not allowed to have contact with journalists, but The Irish Times has spoken to Kenneally through an intermediary and confirmed that the details published here are accurate.