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
Special Episode - Demand for Inquiry into Tusla
Episode 18 - Finding Our Own Way
Episode 17 - The Power of Letting Go!
Episode 16 - Inequality impacts us all!
Episode 15 - Why is it so difficult to put ourselves first?
Episode 14 - Learning from Others
Episode 13 - Please Don't Go it Alone!
Episode 12- Tell Someone!
Episode 11 - Your a Victim Too!
Episode 10- Why She Didn’t Protect Us
Episode 9 - How do you deal with your anger?
Episode 8 - Trust - What is it?
Episode 7 - Child Sexual Abuse and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Episode 6 - Shame & Guilt - It was never mine to begin with!
Episode 5 - Social Anxiety - Everything is Connected
Episode 4 - Victim Mentality - Only You Can Change Your Life
Episode 3 - Dissociation - How we Escaped the Pain of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Episode 2 - Attachment Disorder - Why are Relationships difficult for Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Episode 1 - Why do we struggle to talk about sexual abuse?
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