Tusla says lack of supervision on camping trips exposed children to harm
On another camping trip “a child was acting out a forceful sex act on other children in the tent, who were afraid to sleep for fear of being assaulted themselves”.
Speaking in the Dáil, Ms Zappone said she had “serious worries” over the issues uncovered by the State child protection agency. The letter from Tusla to Scouting Ireland, published by Ms Zappone, was critical that safeguarding staff in the youth organisation had directly interviewed children over disclosures of alleged abuse.
Tusla staff found one case where a girl, alleged to have been sexually assaulted by a boy, was interviewed three times by Scouting Ireland staff, and another case where a girl was asked if she had told a boy sexually assaulting her to stop, and asked “did you say no to him?”
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