""For too many children and young people, Christmas doesn't mean presents or a happy day full of warmth and safety. Instead, it means abuse, neglect and loneliness. It breaks my heart to know that it can be nothing but a living nightmare for many of our young people across this country.""
""living in a state of constant terror,""
""We're in the midst of a crisis and we're hearing about it all the more regularly in the media too. Recently we learned of a case where the most heinous crimes were committed within a community and by a person in a position of trust. The bravery and courage of the""
ISPCC urges the public to donate at ispcc.ie this Christmas to support Childline and other child-protection services. Childline handles thousands of calls; last winter 5,000 children sought help and 260 children annually call about domestic violence. Many callers report being forced to watch or make pornography and ongoing grooming by sexual predators; 40% of sexual-abuse callers report being groomed. Individual cases include an 11-year-old allegedly drugged and abused due to a mother's involvement in prostitution, a teenager forced to perform sex acts for drugs, and a 13-year-old blackmailed into creating pornographic material after online contact. The crisis demands urgent support.
Read at Irish Independent
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