A 2023 study found that young people in State care, particularly girls, were being targeted by older men who plied them with gifts, drink and drugs and then exploited them sexually
The reports focus on some of the €123 million Tusla paid in grants to third-party providers of services in 2019. Tusla stock image
As one of the lead authors Dr Mary Canning says, there was a stark contrast between how long the RTÉ payments story – which broke at the same time – remained news and how quickly the scoping study faded from public awareness.It’s a pity more of us don’t identify with Scrooge, the skinflint who was capable of changeThe trauma these children have suffered even before they enter care often leads them to behave in challenging and even scary ways.
In the UK child-grooming scandals, it emerged that instead of seeing victims of rape and abuse, some police saw “sluts consenting to relationships with multiple older men”. While there is no evidence of such prejudice among gardaí, the scoping study points out that sometimes they seemed to think that locating and returning a child to a care setting meant their job was done. No further inquiry happened into what transpired during the time of absence.
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