Trigger Warning' if you or someone you know has been affected by sexual abuse please remember the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre 24-hour Helpline is open 1800 77 8888
In this week’s podcast (episode 39) we will once again be joined by Leona O’Callaghan, founder of Haven Hub and Sophia Murphy both survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
We will talk about our reactions to the four-part Netflix docu-series - Jeffery Epstein: Filthy Rich and how we feel he managed to evade the authorities while sexually abusing and trafficking hundreds of young girls with the assistance of his companion Ghislaine Maxwell.
Today Thursday the 2nd July we hear how Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested by the FBI and look forward to watching just how her case is managed. Will she be given a lighter sentence or even handled differently through the legal system? Will she name others involved or get to make a plea deal to evade any jail time at all? We certainly think a lot of powerful rich men will be having many uncomfortable nights moving forward.
In the podcast we talk about how difficult it is for everyone to understand these particular victims of abuse. Especially those that return to the abuser time and time again. We discuss how even us as victims of abuse have struggled to explain just how this can happen and the difficulty in understanding and explaining the whole grooming process and how prolific abusers manage to select the vulnerable and normalise what they are doing, all the while surrounded by others that knowingly shield them from the authorities and take part in the abuse themselves.
It is vital that we understand how victims can feel complicit and even responsible for the abuse they suffer at the hands of these men. We need to explore the many reasons why these men are allowed to continually abuse young vulnerable girls and how societies turning a blind eye is not good enough.
Take care
Joyce, June and Paula
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Audio of Blog - Paedophiles - Monsters or Humans
Audio of Blog - No Justice, No Winners
Audio of Poem - Mother
Audio of Blog - Sexual Abuse Has No Gender Preference
Audio of Blog - The Aftermath of the Belfast Rape Case
Audio of Blog - Raising Awareness of Childhood Sexual Abuse Triggers
Audio of Blog - Perfectionism - A Way of Dealing with Childhood Trauma
Audio of Blog - Childhood Sexual Abuse and Anxiety / Panic Attacks
Audio of Blog - Are we Ready to Face the Truth
Audio of Blog - Childhood Sexual Abuse - A Personal Story
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Audio of Blog - 10 Reasons Why Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse Don't Speak Out
Audio of Blog - The Importance of Sex Education in Schools
Audio of Blog - Why People Continue To Support Donald Trump
Audio of Blog - Does Childhood Sexual Abuse Change Who You Are Forever?
Audio of Blog - Victims of Sexual Abuse in Positions of Power
Audio of Blog - Let's Call A Spade A Spade
Audio of Blog - How Do Judges Get It So Wrong?
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